International Workshop on Optics: Simulation and Optimization

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From 6-10 November 2022, the Erlangen Collaborative Research Centre 1411 organises an International Workshop on “Optics: Simulation and Optimization”.

Optical properties of particulate products play a crucial role in many applications. Already the composition, size and shape of nanoparticles through tailored synthesis processes allows to vary optical properties to a large extent. On top of this, the assembly of nanoparticles into structures such as layers or supraparticles can widen the accessible property range substantially.

To be able to fully exploit this, expertise in synthesis, characterization, simulation and optimization is required.

Key topics in this workshop are thus:

  • simulation methods for optical properties
  • characterization of individual particles and particle assemblies
  • optimal design of nanoparticle products
  • model based optimization techniques in this context
  • the connection of nanoparticle design and synthesis
  • nanoparticle applications

Experts from different research areas will discuss the status quo in these fields and newly developed methodologies.

Further Information and Registration

The agenda of the workshop can be checked below or downloaded here: PDF of the Workshop Program

If you would like to join the workshop free of charge online, please use this link to the Registration Form.

If you want to receive further information or are interested to join the workshop, please contact Nico Nees (nico.nees@fau.de).

Program and Speakers

Sunday, 06.11.2022
Start Topic
Arrival
18:00 Dinner
Monday, 07.11.2022
Start Topic Speaker
Breakfast
09:30 Welcome + Introduction Wolfgang Peukert
Optical simulation methods (part 1)
10:00 Solving Maxwell’s equations with the boundary element method: A new look on an old topic Ulrich Hohenester
10:40 Coffee Break
11:00 Considering nonlocal effects in light scattering by nanoparticles Thomas Wriedt
11:40 Limits of classical simulations to describe optical properties of nanoparticles Javier Aizpurua
12:30 Lunch
Applications and characterization of individual particles
13:30 Plasmonic pigments based on anisotropic metallodielectric particles Robin Klupp Taylor
14:10 Synthesis of nano-alloys (targeted color design of Au/Ag particles) Nabi Traore
Model based optimization (part 1)
14:50 Topology and Material Optimization of Optical Properties of Particulate Products by Discrete Dipole Approximation and Sequential Global Programming Nico Nees
15:30 Coffee Break
15:50 Solving electromagnetic inverse problems using topology optimization Rasmus Christiansen
16:30 Particle design by the continuous stochastic gradient method Andrian Uihlein
17:10 Final discussion
18:30 Dinner
19:30 Get together
Tuesday, 08.11.2022
Start Topic Speaker
Breakfast
Optical simulation methods (part 2)
08:30 Ray Tracing for Simulating Structural Color Motifs of Photonic Balls Federico Tomazic
09:10 Electromagnetic modelling of complex nanostructured surfaces and application to visual appearance design Kevin Vynck
09:50 Electron energy loss spectroscopy and cathodoluminescence in the discrete dipole approximation Alexander Kichigin
10:30 Coffee Break
Applications and characterization of particle assemblies
10:50 Structure formation by colloidal self-assembly Nicolas Vogel
11:30 Structure formation in dense colloidal suspensions Hartmut Löwen
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Group Hiking
15:30 Coffee
15:50 Designed Assembly in Two Dimensional Colloidal Materials Martin Buzza
16:30 Simulating soft particle structures in the augmented ensemble Simone Ciarella
Characterization and/for optical simulations
17:10 Investigating the colors of the sunset: Combination of optical modelling and hydrodynamic characterization for multidimensional particle property characterization Johannes Walter
17:50 Electron and X-ray nanotomography of optically active particulate and porous materials Benjamin Apeleo-Zubiri
18:30 Discussions
19:00 Barbecue
Wednesday, 09.11.2022
Start Topic Speaker
Breakfast
Optical simulation methods (part 3)
09:00 Modeling and simulation of the electric control of quantum dot photodiodes Jens Förstner
09:40 T-matrix based techniques to describe photonic materials and metamaterials Carsten Rockstuhl
10:20 Coffee Break
10:40 Higher Harmonic Generation in Quantum Dots Ulf Peschel
11:20 Capabilities of the ADDA code for nanophotonics Maxim A. Yurkin
12:30 Lunch
Model based optimization (part 2)
13:50 First order approximation and Ewald sphere construction for photonic glass optimization Alexander Petrov
14:30 On the optimization of process-property functions for particulate products Lukas Pflug/Michael Stingl
15:20 Final discussions / Closing remarks Michael Stingl
16:00 Coffee / Early Departure
16:00 Discussions / Collaborations
18:30 Dinner
Thursday, 10.11.2022
Start Topic
Breakfast
09:00 Departure