Scientific Talks and Conference Contributions

Alexander Schwanecke

Alexander Schwanecke's journal publications, reports and theses are located on a separate page. Here, you will find conference contributions and selected other presentations.

Conference Contributions

  1. Nanolithography for metallic quasi crystals for nanobio applications
    Y. Chen, F. M. Huang, A. S. Schwanecke , N. I. Zheludev, and E. Huq
    Micro and Nano Engineering 2008 (MNE 2008), link
    Athens, Greece; 15 - 18 September 2008
  2. Electron beam lithography for high density meta fish scale operational at optical frequency
    Y. Chen, A. S. Schwanecke, V. A. Fedotov, V. V. Khardikov, P. L. Mladyonov, S. L. Prosvirnin, A.V. Rogacheva, N. I. Zheludev, and E. Huq
    Micro and Nano Engineering 2008 (MNE 2008), link
    Athens, Greece; 15 - 18 September 2008
  3. Asymmetric transmission through planar chiral photonic nanostructures
    E. Plum, A. S. Schwanecke, V. A. Fedotov, N. I. Zheludev, Y. Chen, V. V. Khardikov, and S. L. Prosvirnin
    IoP Quantum Electronics and Photonics Conference (QEP-18), link
    Edinburgh, UK; 26 - 29 August 2008
  4. (invited) Far-field subwavelength focusing and extraordinary transmission of light by a quasi-periodic array of nano-holes
    F. M. Huang, A. Schwanecke, N. Papasimakis, Y. Chen, F. J. Garcia de Abajo, and N. I. Zheludev
    Metamaterials 2007: First International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, link
    Rome, Italy; 22 - 26 October 2007
  5. (invited) Planar and layered chiral meta-surfaces
    V. A. Fedotov, E. Plum, A. S. Schwanecke, Y. Chen, V. V. Khardikov, S. L. Prosvirnin, and N. I. Zheludev
    Metamaterials 2007: First International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, link
    Rome, Italy; 22 - 26 October 2007
  6. (invited) Plasmon resonances in photonic chiral metamaterials
    N. I. Zheludev, V. Fedotov, A. Schwanecke, E. Plum, N. Papasimakis, and K. Marinov
    Frontiers in Optics 2007, link
    San Jose, CA, USA; 16 - 20 September 2007
  7. Metamaterials with giant optical activity
    V. A. Fedotov, E. Plum, A. S. Schwanecke, Y. Chen, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO/Europe-IQEC2007, link
    Munich, Germany; 17 - 22 June 2007
  8. Enantiomericly sensitive plasmons
    V. Fedotov, A. Schwanecke, E. Plum, N. Zheludev, V. Khardikov, and S. Prosvirnin
    Surface Plasmon Photonics SPP-3
    Dijon, France; 17 - 22 June 2007
  9. Photonic chiral metamaterials
    V. A. Fedotov, E. Plum, A. S. Schwanecke, Y. Chen, V. V. Khardikov, S. L. Prosvirnin, and N. I. Zheludev
    Photonic Metamaterials: From Random to Periodic, link
    Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA; 04 - 07 June 2007
  10. Chiral photonic metamaterial
    V. A. Fedotov, E. Plum, Y. Chen, A. S. Schwanecke, and N. I. Zheludev
    QELS (CLEO/QELS 2007), link
    Baltimore, MD, USA; 06 - 11 May 2007
  11. Giant microwave and optical gyrotropy in bilayered chiral metamaterials
    V. A. Fedotov, E. Plum, Y. Chen, A. S. Schwanecke, and N. I. Zheludev
    Nanometa 2007, link
    Seefeld, Austria; 08 - 11 January 2007
  12. Asymmetric transmission of light through a planar chiral metamaterial
    A. S. Schwanecke, V. A. Fedotov, N. I. Zheludev, V. V. Khardikov, S. L. Prosvirnin, and Y. Chen
    Nanometa 2007, link
    Seefeld, Austria; 08 - 11 January 2007
  13. (invited) Nano metamaterials and photonic gratings by nanoimprint and hot embossing
    Y. Chen, X. Wang, S. Banu, A. S. Schwanecke, H. Morgan, and N. I. Zheludev
    International symposium on biophotonics, nanophotonics and metamaterials, link
    Hangzhou, China; 16 - 18 October 2006
  14. Quasi-periodic arrays of subwavelength holes in a metal screen: self-imaging in the near-field and far-field extraordinary transmission
    F. M. Huang, A. S. Schwanecke, N. Papasimakis, Y. Chen, F. J. Garcia de Abajo, and N. I. Zheludev
    NFO-9 - 9th International conference on near-field optics, nanophotonics and related techniques, link
    Lausanne, Switzerland; 10 - 15 September 2006
  15. Giant gyrotropy in bi-layered chiral structures
    A. V. Rogacheva, V. A. Fedotov, A. S. Schwanecke, and N. I. Zheludev
    QEP-17 at Photon '06, link
    Manchester, UK; 4 - 7 September 2006
  16. Extraordinary transmission through planar quasicrystal
    F. J. Garcia de Abajo, V. A. Fedotov, N. Papasimakis, A. S. Schwanecke, Y. Chen, and N. I. Zheludev
    QEP-17 at Photon '06, link
    Manchester, UK; 4 - 7 September 2006
  17. Optical magnetic mirror
    A. Schwanecke, Y. Chen, V. Fedotov, V. Khardikov, S. Prosvirnin, and N. Zheludev
    QEP-17 at Photon '06, link
    Manchester, UK; 4 - 7 September 2006
  18. Giant gyrotropy in bi-layered chiral structures
    A. V. Rogacheva, V. A. Fedotov, A. S. Schwanecke, and N. I. Zheludev
    SPIE Optics and Photonics 2006 / Complex Photonic Media (NP201), link
    San Diego, CA, USA; 13 - 17 August 2006
  19. Extraordinary light transmission through quasicrystal arrays of holes in a metal film
    F. J. Garcia de Abajo, Y. Chen, V. A. Fedotov, N. Papasimakis, A. S. Schwanecke, and N. I. Zheludev
    SPIE Optics and Photonics 2006 / Complex Photonic Media (NP201), link
    San Diego, CA, USA; 13 - 17 August 2006
  20. (invited) Micro- and nanolithography for photonic meta-materials
    Y. Chen, A. S. Schwanecke, and N. I. Zheludev
    SPIE Optics and Photonics 2006, link
    San Diego, CA, USA; 13 - 17 August 2006
    [Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 6320, 63200P [doi: 10.1117/12.678172], link]
  21. (invited) Nanostructured surfaces as photonic band structures of 'zero' dimension
    N. I. Zheludev, V. A. Fedotov, A. S. Schwanecke, and Y. Chen
    SPIE Optics and Photonics 2006 / Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and their Optical Properties IV (NP204), link
    San Diego, CA, USA; 13 - 17 August 2006
  22. Extraordinary light transmission through quasicrystal arrays of holes in a metal film
    F. J. Garcia de Abajo, Y. Chen, V. A. Fedotov, N. Papasimakis, A. S. Schwanecke, and N. I. Zheludev
    Photonic Metamaterials: From Random to Periodic, OSA Topical Meeting, link
    Grand Island, The Bahamas; 5 - 8 June 2006
  23. Optical magnetic mirror
    A. S. Schwanecke, Y. Chen, V. A. Fedotov, V. V. Khardikov, P. L. Mladyonov, S. L. Prosvirnin, A. V. Rogacheva, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO/QELS '06, link
    Long Beach, CA, USA; 21 - 26 May 2006
  24. Nanostructured metal as optical magnetic wall
    A. S. Schwanecke, Y. Chen, V. A. Fedotov, A. V. Rogacheva, P. L. Mladyonov, S. L. Prosvirnin, and N. I. Zheludev
    2006 NSTI Nanotech - Conference on Nano Electronics and Photonics, link
    Boston, MA, USA; 7 - 11 May 2006
  25. Resonator-less optical memory in nanoparticles
    B. F. Soares, M. Bashevoy, K. F. MacDonald, F. Jonsson, and N. I. Zheludev
    Nanophotonics Topical Meeting (NANO) at IPRA/NANO OSA Collocated Topical Meetings, link
    Uncasville, CT, USA; 24 - 28 April 2006
  26. 'Invisible' quasi-periodic array of subwavelength apertures in metal screen
    A. S. Schwanecke, N. Papasimakis, V. A. Fedotov, F. Huang, Y. Chen, F. J. García de Abajo, and N. I. Zheludev
    Nanophotonics Topical Meeting (NANO) at IPRA/NANO OSA Collocated Topical Meetings, link
    Uncasville, CT, USA; 24 - 28 April 2006
    [post-deadline submission]
  27. Magnetic mirror on optical frequency
    A. S. Schwanecke, Y. Chen, V. A. Fedotov, V. V. Khardikov, P. L. Mladyonov, S. L. Prosvirnin, A. V. Rogacheva, and N. I. Zheludev
    Nanophotonics Topical Meeting (NANO) at IPRA/NANO OSA Collocated Topical Meetings, link
    Uncasville, CT, USA; 24 - 28 April 2006
  28. Giant gyrotropy in layered chiral structures
    A. Rogacheva, V. Fedotov, A. Schwanecke, and N. Zheludev
    Third Workshop on Metamaterials and Special Materials for Electromagnetic Applications and TLC, link
    Rome, Italy; 30 - 31 March 2006
  29. Nano-structured planar meta-materials, a new paradigm for photonics
    V. A. Fedotov, A. S. Schwanecke, and N. I. Zheludev
    Physics Research and the New Parliament, Special Reception for Younger Physicists at the House of Commons, link
    London, England; 15 November 2005
  30. 'Miracle' mirror that does not change the phase of reflected wave
    V. A. Fedotov, A. V. Rogacheva, A. S. Schwanecke, P. L. Mladyonov, S. L. Prosvirnin, Y. Chen, and N. I. Zheludev
    LEOS 2005 - 18th International Meeting of the IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics Society, link
    Sydney, Australia; 23 - 27 October 2005
  31. (invited) Nanoimprint and soft lithography for planar photonic meta-materials
    Y. Chen, J. Tao, X. Zhao, Z. Cui, A. S. Schwanecke, and N. I. Zheludev
    SPIE International Congress on Optics and Optoelectronics / Metamaterials, link
    Warsaw, Poland; 28 August - 02 September 2005
    [Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5955-12 [doi: 10.1117/12.620446 ], link]
  32. (invited) Planar chiral meta-materials
    N. I. Zheludev, A. S. Schwanecke, A. V. Krasavin, V. A. Fedotov, S. L. Prosvirnin, and A. V. Zayats
    SPIE International Congress on Optics and Optoelectronics / Metamaterials, link
    Warsaw, Poland; 28 August - 02 September 2005
    [Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5955-11]
  33. (invited) Polarization conversion and 'focusing' of light propagating through a small chiral hole in a metallic screen, geometrical chirality and the Rayleigh-Wien paradox
    A. V. Krasavin, A. S. Schwanecke, N. I. Zheludev, M. Reichelt, T. Stroucken, and S. W. Koch
    Nanoscopic Electromagnetics symposium at PIERS 2005 - Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, link
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; 22 - 26 August 2005
  34. Optical properties and geometrical chirality of 2D nano-patterns and their ensembles
    A. S. Schwanecke, A. V. Krasavin, Y. Chen, V. A. Fedotov, and N. I. Zheludev
    Complex Mediums VI: Light and Complexity at Optics at Photonics 2005, SPIE, link
    San Diego (CA), USA; 31 July - 4 August 2005
    [Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5924-25]
  35. Mirror which does not reverse the electric field
    V. A. Fedotov, A. V. Rogacheva, S. L. Prosvirnin, A. S. Schwanecke, Y. Chen, and N. I. Zheludev
    Workshop on Metamaterials for Microwave and Optical Technologies, link
    San Sebastian, Spain; 18 - 20 July 2005
  36. Measuring twist of planar patterns (from meta-materials to galaxies)
    A. S. Schwanecke and N. I. Zheludev
    Workshop on Metamaterials for Microwave and Optical Technologies, link
    San Sebastian, Spain; 18 - 20 July 2005
  37. Polarization controlled nano-focusing
    A. V. Krasavin, A. S. Schwanecke, and N. I. Zheludev
    IQEC/CLEO-PR 2005 / Nano-Plasmonics, link
    Tokyo, Japan; 11 - 15 July 2005
  38. Polarization conversion and polarization-controllable nano-focusing of light propagating through a small chiral hole in a metallic screen
    A. V. Krasavin, A. S. Schwanecke, and N. I. Zheludev
    SPP2 - Surface Plasmon Photonics 2, link
    Graz, Austria; 21 - 26 May 2005
  39. Planar chirality in nanostructures: polarization conversion and "focusing" of light propagating through small chiral holes
    A. V. Krasavin, A. S. Schwanecke, Y. Chen, and N. I. Zheludev
    NPIS 2005 - OSA Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics for Information Systems, link
    San Diego, CA, USA; 13 - 15 April 2005
  40. Nanoimprint lithography for planar chiral photonic meta-materials
    Y. Chen, J. Tao, A. S. Schwanecke, N. I. Zheludev, X. Zhao, and Z. Cui
    MNE 2004 - Micro- and Nano-Engineering International Conference, link
    Rotterdam, NL; 19 - 22 September 2004
    [Microelectron. Eng. 78-79, 612-617 (2005), link]
  41. Asymmetric diffraction from regular, quasi-random and fractal planar chiral nano-structures
    A. Papakostas, A. S. Schwanecke, A. Potts, S. L. Prosvirnin, D. M. Bagnall, and N. I. Zheludev
    QEP-16 - Quantum Electronics and Photonics (IoP) at Photon04, link
    Glasgow, UK; 06 - 09 September 2004
  42. Broken time-reversal and electromagnetic anyon quasiparticles in 2D chiral plasmon nanostructures
    N. I. Zheludev, A. S. Schwanecke, A. Potts, D. M. Bagnall, A. V. Zayats, and E. M. Wright
    CLEO/IQEC-2004, link
    San Francisco, USA; 16 - 21 May 2004
  43. (invited) Broken time-reversal and electromagnetic anyon quasi-particles in 2D chiral plasmon structures
    N. I. Zheludev, A. Schwanecke, and E. M. Wright
    PIERS 2004 - Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium, link
    Pisa, Italy; 28 - 31 March 2004

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Selected Other Presentations

  1. Nanostructured planar photonic metasurfaces
    A. S. Schwanecke (portfolio grant conference, oral)
    Nanophotonics EPSRC Portfolio Conference, link
    Optoelectronics Research Centre / School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Soutampton, UK; 19 March 2007
  2. Nanostructured meta-materials: 'optical magnetic wall'
    A. S. Schwanecke et al. (seminar)
    EPSRC Nanophotonics Portfolio Steering Committee
    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK; 20 July 2006
  3. Optical ‘magnetic wall’ mirror
    A. S. Schwanecke, Y. Chen, V. A. Fedotov, V. V. Khardikov, P. L. Mladyonov, S. L. Prosvirnin, A. V. Rogacheva, and N. I. Zheludev (poster)
    School Poster Day
    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK; 15 March 2005
  4. Negative index of refraction in optical metamaterials
    A. S. Schwanecke (seminar)
    EPSRC Nanophotonics Portfolio Centre
    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK; 16 January 2006
  5. Planar chirality in nanophotonics, astronomy and image analysis
    A. S. Schwanecke, A. Papakostas and N. I. Zheludev (poster)
    School Poster Day
    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK; 16 March 2005
  6. Recent developments on chiral interfaces, surfaces and gratings
    A. S. Schwanecke (seminar)
    EPSRC Nanophotonics Portfolio Centre
    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK; 17 January 2005
  7. Continuous geometrical measure of planar chirality
    A. S. Schwanecke and N. I. Zheludev (seminar, invited)
    Theoretical Semiconductor Physics Group
    Department of Physics and Material Sciences Center, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany; 19 October 2004
  8. Measuring planar chirality
    A. S. Schwanecke (seminar)
    Laser Physics Group
    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK; 16 August 2004
  9. Implementation of Monte-Carlo method for planar chirality measure
    A. S. Schwanecke (grant meeting)
    EPSRC grant midway meeting 'Optical Manifestations of Planar Chirality'
    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK; 30 April 2004
  10. Polarized imaging of planar chiral structures
    A. S. Schwanecke (grant meeting)
    EPSRC grant midway meeting 'Optical Manifestations of Planar Chirality'
    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK; 30 April 2004
  11. Properties of optical diffraction patterns and relation to geometrical features of chiral structures
    A. Papakostas and A. S. Schwanecke (grant meeting)
    EPSRC grant midway meeting 'Optical Manifestations of Planar Chirality'
    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK; 30 April 2004
  12. Light with a twist in its tail
    A. S. Schwanecke (seminar)
    Laser Physics Group
    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK; 12 January 2004

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