Nonlinear nanophotonics

Nanophotonics deals with optical processes at the nanoscale, much smaller than the wavelength of optical radiation. Nanoscale confinement of electromagnetic radiation presents numerous opportunities for both fundamental research and technological applications. This research program aims to develop innovative concepts of nonlinear nanoscale photonics for a design and operation of new compact devices for optical storage, memory, switching, and sensing, based on photonic-crystal physics, tunable nonlinear plasmonics, chiral metamaterials, and nonlinear soft-matter physics. This interdisciplinary program will involve innovative research in nanoscale physics and engineering, and it will promote new fields of nonlinear nanophotonics.