Research Rotation Project

Computational optics of subwavelength materials

Maxim Sukharev
Home Department - Applied Sciences and Mathematics
Areas of Study - atom and molecular photophysics, coherent control, computational electrodynamics, nanophotonics, plasmonics
Office - Wanner 340M
Phone - 4807271398
E-mail - maxim.sukharev@asu.edu
Designation - Theoretical

Recent progress in laser technology along with advances in nanofabrication techniques opened up a wide variety of new research venues ranging from light manipulation at the nanoscale to single molecule detection. In this project you will learn modern computational techniques that allow one to predict optical properties of various materials including metal nanoparticles, diffraction gratings, etc. The figure shows calculated electromagnetic intensity distributions for a thin silver nano-ellipse. Some of those states is an electromagnetic analogy of well-know whispering mode gallery. You will also learn the main advantages of parallel simulations on the state-of-the-art home-build supercomputer that was recently assembled at Polytechnic Campus: http://plasmon.poly.asu.edu.