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AES participants will have a free access to technical tutorials instructed by world-leading experts on various topics of interest to the Electromagnetics community. Tutorials are intended to provide a high quality learning experience to conference attendees.
Organizer
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Prof. Ishwar Aggarwal
UNC Charlotte, USA
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Registration
The tutorials are part of the symposium technical program, and are free of charge to the conference attendees.
Who Should Attend?
The tutorials will address an audience with a varied range of interests and backgrounds: beginners, students, researchers, lecturers and representatives of companies, governments and funding agencies who wish to learn new concepts and technologies.
When?
July 24-26, 2019.
Where?
Tutorials will be held at the Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisbon (conference venue).
Tutorials & Instructors
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Tutorial 1: Flat optics
Prof. Federico Capasso, Harvard University, USA
Tutorial length: 1 hour
Description: This tutorial focuses on how metasurfaces enable the redesign of optical components into novel thin and planar diffractive optical elements, that overcome the limitations of Fresnel and refractive optics, promising a major reduction in footprint and system complexity as well as the introduction of new optical functions. The planarity of flat optics will lead to the unification of semiconductor manufacturing and lens making, where the planar technology to manufacture computer chips will be adapted to produce CMOS-compatible metasurface-based optical components, ranging from metalenses to novel multifunctional phase plates.
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Tutorial 2: Near-Zero-Index Metamaterials
Prof. Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Tutorial length: 1 hour
Description: In this tutorial, I will present an overview of some of the fundamental principles and unique features of wave interaction with structures with effective refractive index near zero, which include epsilon-near-zero (ENZ), mu-near-zero (MNZ), epsilon-and-mu-near-zero (EMNZ) and Dirac-cone photonic media. I will then discuss some of the applications of near-zero-index metamaterials in photonics and microwave technologies. Possible future directions of research in this field will also be forecasted.
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Tutorial 3: DARPA's interests in metamaterials
Prof. Michael Fiddy, DARPA, USA
Tutorial length: 1 hour
Description: Almost twenty years ago, some of the earliest research into metamaterials and their applications was funded by DARPA. The field has grown enormously since, and DARPA still supports fundamental research into improving our understanding and modeling of these engineered materials. This talk will provide the background and context for research of current interests. These include the study of new material properties, including bianisotropy and nonlinearity, advancing flat optics, and developing nonreciprocal and tunable components, all of which may impact imaging and remote sensing capabilities.
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Tutorial 4: Writing and submitting your papers: Dos and Don’ts
Dr. Rachel Won, Nature Photonics, UK
Tutorial length: 1 hour
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Tutorial 5:
Prof. Eli Yablonovitch, UC Berkeley, USA
Tutorial length: 1 hour
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