Opportunities of photonics at nanoscale

Abstract: Perhaps one of the most active areas of research in electromagnetics is the study of photonics at nanoscale. The interaction of light with nanostructures provides numerous opportunities for creating new fundamental properties of light, and has profound implications for technological developments. In this talk, we will discuss some of our recent efforts in exploring the fundamental science of nanophotonics, and in exploiting some of these fundamental advances for information and energy technology applications.

Bio: Shanhui Fan is the Joseph and Hon Mai Goodman Professor in the School of Engineering, a Professor of Electrical Engineering, a Professor of Applied Physics (by courtesy), and a Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy, at the Stanford University. He received his Ph. D in 1997 in theoretical condensed matter physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research interests are in fundamental studies of nanophotonic structures, especially photonic crystals, plasmonic structures, and meta-materials, and applications of these structures in energy and information technology applications. He has published over 700 refereed journal articles, has given over 400 plenary/keynote/invited talks, and holds over 70 US patents. He is a co-founder of two companies aiming to commercialize high-speed engineering computations and radiative cooling technology respectively.  Prof. Fan received a National Science Foundation Career Award (2002), a David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering (2003), the U. S. National Academy of Sciences W. O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research (2007), the Adolph Lomb Medal from the Optical Society of America (2007), a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship from the U. S. Department of Defense (2017), a Simons Investigator in Physics (2021), and the R. W. Wood Prize from the Optica (2022).  He is a member of the U. S.  National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the IEEE, the American Physical Society, the Optica, and the SPIE.