Thomas Ebbesen - The Alchemy of Vacuum – Hybridizing Light and Matter
Hamburg Photon Science Colloquium
- Date: Dec 2, 2016
- Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Thomas Ebbesen
- USIAS, University of Strasbourg, France
- Location: CFEL (Bldg. 99)
- Room: Seminar Room I-III, EG.076-080
- Host: CFEL, CUI, DESY, European XFEL, HZG, MPSD, SFB 925, UHH
Strong coupling of light and matter can give rise to a multitude of exciting physical effects through the formation of delocalized hybrid light-matter states. After introducing the fundamental concepts, examples of modified properties under strong coupling, such as enhanced charge transport in organic semiconductors and non-radiative energy transfer, will be given to illustrate the broad potential of light-matter states.