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2009-08-31 08:30 Set-up and registration (Monday)
  • 08:30 - Pre-registration and general set-up for exhibitors (Duration 08 h 30 m )
  • 17:00 - Pre-registration and exhibition (Duration 02 h 40 m )
    Pre-registration with buffet and wine.
2009-09-01 08:30 The first conference day (Tuesday)
  • 08:30 - Tuesday registration (Duration 01 h 50 m )
  • 10:20 - Opening ceremony (Duration 00 h 20 m )
  • 10:40 - Plenary 1 (Duration 01 h 00 m )
    • Plenary session I (Session chairperson(s): Yang Hao)
      • 10:40 - Transformation optics at optical frequencies Plenary
        John Pendry, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  • 11:40 - Poster 1 /exhibition (Duration 01 h 00 m )
    • Poster session I: Theory (Session chairperson(s): Henrik Kettunen)
      • 1 - Effect of applied magnetic field on the negative refraction in antiferromagnet-semiconductor periodic nanostructures Poster
        Roland Tarkhanyan, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, Armenia; Dimitris Niarchos, Institute of materials science, Demokritos, Greece
      • 2 - The artificial microwave complex networks designed with dispersive metamaterials: the theoretical case PosterNo-show
        Taner Sengor, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
      • 3 - A one-dimensional magnetic photonic crystal in crossed magnetic and electric fields as a chiral bianisotropic composite PosterNo-show
        Dmitriy Kulagin, Dоnetsk Institute for Physics & Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine; Andrey Savchenko, Dоnetsk Institute for Physics & Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine; Sergey Tarasenko, Dоnetsk Institute for Physics & Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
      • 4 - Investigation of plane-wave reflection and transmission through the multilayered quasiperiodic semiconductor waveguide Poster
        Oksana Shramkova, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of the NAS of Ukraine , Ukraine; Yevgeniy Olkhovskiy, Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine
      • 5 - Multipole moments of radiating split ring resonators Poster
        Vasundara Varadan, University of Arkansas, USA; Liming Ji, University of Arkansas, USA
      • 6 - On the radiation characteristics of the dipole PosterNo-show
        Ketevan Kotetishvili, Georgian Technical University, Georgia; G.G. Chikhladze, Georgian Technical University, Georgia
      • 7 - Magnetic multilayered structure as 1D magnetic metamaterial. Spin-wave spectrum and dispersion characteristics. PosterNo-show
        Natalya Grigoryeva, State Electrotechnical University, Russia; Boris Kalinikos, State Electrotechnical University, Russia
      • 8 - Modelling of resonant metamaterial-based transmission lines using circuit theory Poster
        Seongnam Jang, Kyunghee University, Korea (South); Bomson Lee, Kyunghee University, Korea (South)
      • 9 - Scattering and penetrating of microwaves by metallic powders Poster
        Anton P. Anzulevich, Chelyabinsk State University, Physics Faculty, Condensed Matter Physics Department, Russia; Igor V. Bychkov, Chelyabinsk State University, Physics Faculty, Condensed Matter Physics Department, Russia; Vasiliy D. Buchelnikov, Chelyabinsk State University, Physics Faculty, Condensed Matter Physics Department, Russia; Dmitri V. Louzguine-Luzgin, WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan
      • 10 - Unusual entanglement transformation properties of the quantum radiation through one-dimensional random system containing left-handed-materials PosterWithdrawn
        Kaige Wang, Dept. of Physics, Beijing Normal University, China; Xiangdong Zhang, Dept. of Physics, Beijing Normal University, China; Yunxia Dong, Dept. of Physics, Beijing Normal University, China
      • 11 - External field radiation of plane source from instantly generated plasma Poster
        Anna Vozianova, Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine; Alexander Nerukh, Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine
      • 12 - No-reflection conditions for chiral media Poster
        Yasuhiro Tamayama, Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan; Toshihiro Nakanishi, Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan; Kazuhiko Sugiyama, Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan; Masao Kitano, Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
      • 13 - UAPO-based diffracted field from non-planar junctions of DNG metamaterial slabs Poster
        Giovanni Riccio, University of Salerno, Italy; Gianluca Gennarelli, University of Salerno, Italy
      • 14 - Subwavelength electromagnetic imaging of dipole field with metamaterial nanoslab Poster
        Timo Hakkarainen, Department of Applied Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Ari T. Friberg, Department of Applied Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
      • 15 - Weakly nonlinear waves in layered bi-anisotropic metamaterials Poster
        A. D. Boardman, Joule Physics Laboratory, Institute for Materials Research, University of Salford, Salford, Greater, United Kingdom; R. C. Mitchell-Thomas, Joule Physics Laboratory, Institute for Materials Research, University of Salford, Salford, Greater, United Kingdom; Yu. G. Rapoport, Kiev National University, Physics Faculty, Ukraine
      • 16 - Double-negative (DNG) metamaterials achieved by identical hard spheres randomly dispersed in a matrix Poster
        Jin Liu, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, USA; Nicola Bowler, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, USA
      • 17 - A uni-directional pulse propagation equation for materials with both electric and magnetic responses Poster
        Paul Kinsler, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
      • 18 - The unit effective refractive index and the reflectance of composite medium with Ag spheroids Poster
        Sergey Moiseev, Ulyanovsk Branch of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
      • 19 - Theoretical investigation of optical properties of metal-dielectric composite media with active component on the basis of exact electrodynamical calculation and Maxwell-Garnett approach Poster
        Sergey Moiseev, Ulyanovsk Branch of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; Sergey Sukhov, Ulyanovsk Branch of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
      • 20 - Transformation optics for a directive antenna Poster
        Paul-Henri Tichit, Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, France; Shah Nawaz Burokur, Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, France; André de Lustrac, Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, France
      • 21 - Cloaking moving electron beam and relativistic energy loss spectra PosterWithdrawn
        Xiangdong Zhang, Beijing Normal University, China
      • 22 - Electrostatic waves in conducting double-wall carbon nanotubes PosterNo-show
        Mikhail Shuba, Institute for Nuclear Problems, Belarus State University, Belarus; Sergey Maksimenko, Institute for Nuclear Problems, Belarus State University, Belarus; Gregory Slepyan, Institute for Nuclear Problems, Belarus State University, Belarus; Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Nanoengineered Metamaterials Group, Pennsylvania State University, USA; Christian Thomsen, Institut fur Festkorperphysik, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany
      • 23 - The effect of spontaneously generated coherence on the group ve-locity of reflected light and transmitted light from one-dimensional photonic crystals with a dispersive defect PosterNo-show
        Mostafa Sahrai Barenji, University of Tabriz, Iran
      • 24 - Modified single side paired S-ring resonators PosterNo-show
        Muhammad Faisal Khan, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology, Pakistan; Muhammad Junaid Mughal, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology, Pakistan
      • 25 - Bulk isotropic negative-index material design for infrared Poster
        Andrei Andryieuski, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; Radu Malureanu, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; Andrei V. Lavrinenko, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
      • 26 - Metamaterials of plasmonic nano-cavity array Poster
        Masanobu Iwanaga, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
      • 27 - Diffraction radiation of electromagnetic waves produced by electron current, moving above periodic boundary of metamaterial. Poster
        Nataliya Yashina, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine; Petr Melezhik, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine; Anatoliy Poyedinchuk, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine; Gérard Granet, Universite Blaise Pascal, France
      • 28 - Slow light propagation in slab waveguide with anisotropic meta-material cladding: the loss and gain effects Poster
        Yijun Feng, Nanjing University, China; Tian Jiang, Nanjing University, China; Qi Zhang, Nanjing University, China
      • 29 - Characterisation of electromagnetic cylindrical cloaks Poster
        Christos Argyropoulos, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom; Efthymios Kallos, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom; Yang Hao, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom
      • 30 - Exact analytical treatment of the graded interfaces between RHM and LHM media Poster
        Nils Dalarsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; Mariana Dalarsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; Philippe Tassin, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
      • 31 - Tunability of symmetric and antisymmetric resonances in metal-dielectric nanoshell pairs Poster
        Andrea Vallecchi, University of Siena, Italy; Filippo Capolino, University of California, USA
      • 32 - Dispersive characteristics and magnetic field polarization of surface waves formed by a bianisotropic layer in free space Poster
        Valery Butylkin, Institute of Radioengineering & Electronics RAS, Russia; Galina Kraftmakher, Institute of Radioengineering & Electronics RAS, Russia; Valery Mal'tsev, Institute of Radioengineering & Electronics RAS, Russia
      • 33 - Vacuum form reduction for moving bi-isotropic media Poster
        Sérgio Matos, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Portugal; Carlos Paiva, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Portugal; Afonso Barbosa, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Portugal
      • 34 - A geometric algebra approach to the reflection and transmission of electromagnetic waves at interfaces between isotropic and general anisotropic media Poster
        João Canto, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Portugal; Carlos Paiva, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Portugal; Afonso Barbosa, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Portugal
      • 35 - Vacuum form reduction: revisiting relativistic optics in moving media with Clifford (geometric) algebra Poster
        Marco Ribeiro, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal; Carlos Paiva, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
      • 36 - A coordinate-free criterion for negative phase velocity propagation Poster
        Martin McCall, Imperial College, United Kingdom; Shah Nawaz Burokur, IEF, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, UMR 8622, France; Alberto Favaro, Imperial College, United Kingdom ; André de Lustrac, IEF, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, UMR 8622, France
  • 12:40 - Lunch (Duration 01 h 20 m )
  • 14:00 - Oral sessions 1 (Duration 01 h 40 m )
    • Special session 1 - Theoretical modeling of metasurfaces (Organizer(s):  Mario Silveirinha) (Session chairperson(s): Mario Silveirinha)
      • 14:00 - Recent advancements in modeling of artificial impedance surfaces Keynote
        Sergei Tretyakov, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Olli Luukkonen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
      • 14:40 - Electromagnetic boundaries defined by normal components of EM fields Invited
        Ismo Lindell, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Ari Sihvola, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
      • 15:00 - Can optical metamaterials be described by effective material parameters? Invited
        Falk Lederer, University of Jena, Germany; Christoph Menzel, University of Jena, Germany; Carsten Rockstuhl, University of Jena, Germany; Thomas Pertsch, University of Jena, Germany
      • 15:20 - Design and implementation of near-field plates Invited
        Anthony Grbic, University of Michigan, USA; Mohammadreza F. Imani, University of Michigan, USA
    • Session 1A: Tunable and active metamaterials (Session chairperson(s): John (Yiannis) Volakis, Peter S. Hall)
      • 14:00 - Active self-adaptive metamaterials based on two-port impedance loaded dipole arrays Invited
        Luk Arnaut, NPL & Imperial College, United Kingdom
      • 14:20 - Microstrip transmission lines loaded by SRRs tunabled by ferro-electrics Regular oral
        Didier Lippens, IEMN/USTL, France; Gregory Houzet, IEMN/USTL, France; Xavier Mélique, IEMN/USTL, France; Gabriel Velu, LEMCEL, France; Ludovic Burgnies, LEMCEL, France; Jean Claude Carru, LEMCEL, France
      • 14:40 - Electric metamaterials with a nonlinear response Regular oral
        David A. Powell, The Australian National University, Australia; Ilya Shadrivov, The Australian National University, Australia; Yuri Kivshar, The Australian National University, Australia
      • 15:00 - Ferromagnetic materials to obtain left-handed transmission Regular oral
        Jorge Carbonell, ITEAM - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain; Hector Garcia-Miquel, GFO - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain; Vicente Boria, ITEAM - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain; José Sánchez-Dehesa, GFO - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
      • 15:20 - Dynamic metamaterials composed of helical conductors and microplasmas Regular oral
        Takuya Shimomura, Kyoto University, Japan; Osamu Sakai, Kyoto University, Japan; Kunihide Tachibana, Kyoto University, Japan
    • Session 1B: Periodical structures (Session chairperson(s): David Jackson, Keith Whites)
      • 14:00 - Extremely slow waves in periodic arrays of metallic carbon nanotubes Invited
        Igor Nefedov, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
      • 14:20 - A new class of optical materials based networks of coupled sub-wavelength waveguides Regular oral
        Eyal Feigenbaum, Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, USA; Harry A. Atwater, Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, USA
      • 14:40 - Resonant tunneling of light in Ag/SiO_2 multilayer metamaterials Regular oral
        Satoshi Tomita, NAIST, Japan; Motonobu Matsunaga, NAIST, Japan; Hisao Yanagi, NAIST, Japan; John Pendry, Imperial College London, UK; Shinji Hayashi, Kobe University, Japan
      • 15:00 - Electrodynamic analogue of the Borrmann effect in photonic crystals Regular oral
        Alexander Dorofeenko, Institute forTheoretical and Applied Electromagnetics RAS, Russia; Alexey Vinogradov, Institute forTheoretical and Applied Electromagnetics RAS, Russia; Alexander Merzlikin, Institute forTheoretical and Applied Electromagnetics RAS, Russia; Alexander Lisyansky, Physics Department, Queens College of the City University of New York, USA; Alexander Granovsky, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Russia; Yuriy Lozovik, Institute of Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • 15:40 - Coffee break (Duration 00 h 20 m )
  • 16:00 - Oral sessions 2 (Duration 01 h 40 m )
    • Special session 2 - Metamaterials antennas (Organizer(s):  Filiberto Bilotti, Richard Ziolkowski) (Session chairperson(s): Filiberto Bilotti, Richard Ziolkowski)
      • 16:00 - Electrically small metamaterial-inspired antennas: The next generation Invited
        Richard Ziolkowski, University of Arizona, USA; Peng Jin, University of Arizona, USA; Chia-Ching Lin, University of Arizona, USA
      • 16:20 - Metamaterial-inspired electrically small radiators: it is time to draw preliminary conclusions and depict the future challenges Invited
        Filiberto Bilotti, University "Roma Tre", Italy; Lucio Vegni, University "Roma Tre", Italy
      • 16:40 - Small wideband antennas based on magnetic photonic crystals Invited
        K. Sertel, The Ohio State University, USA; John (Yiannis) Volakis, The Ohio State University, USA; E. Irci, The Ohio State University, USA
      • 17:00 - A single metamaterial-based leaky-wave antenna for both convex and concave surface applications Invited
        Tatsuo Itoh, UCLA, USA; Mohammed Reza Hashemi, UCLA, USA
      • 17:20 - Planar meta-surfaces for coupling reduction between antenna elements Invited
        Elena Saenz, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Public University of Navarra, Spain; Iñigo Ederra, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Public University of Navarra, Spain; Ramón Gonzalo, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Public University of Navarra, Spain; Sergey Pivnenko, Department of Electrical Engineering, ElectroScience Section, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; Olav Breinbjerg, Department of Electrical Engineering, ElectroScience Section, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; Peter de Maagt, European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, The Netherlands
    • Session 2A: Terahertz metamaterials: New phenomena (Session chairperson(s): Mario Sorolla, Didier Lippens)
      • 16:00 - Taming the blackbody with metamaterials Invited
        Willie Padilla, Boston College, USA
      • 16:20 - The marriage of MEMS and metamaterials at THz frequencies Invited
        Richard Averitt, Boston University, USA; Hu Tao, Boston University, USA; Drew Strikwerda, Boston University, USA; Kebin Fan, Boston University, USA; Chris Bingham, Boston College, USA; Nathan Landy, Boston College, USA; Willie Padilla, Boston College, USA; Xin Zhang, Boston University, USA
      • 16:40 - Fresh metamaterials ideas for metallic lenses Invited
        Mario Sorolla, Millimeter & THz Waves Lab. EE Dept. UPNA , Spain; Miguel Navarro-Cia, Millimeter & THz Waves Lab. EE Dept. UPNA , Spain; Miguel Beruete, Millimeter & THz Waves Lab. EE Dept. UPNA , Spain; Igor Campillo, CIC Nanogune, Spain
      • 17:00 - Cherenkov emission of broadband terahertz radiation from an ultrashort laser pulse in a sandwich structure with nonlinear core and left-handed cladding Regular oralWithdrawn
        Rostislav Mikhaylovskiy, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; Michael Bakunov, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
      • 17:20 - Resonant magnetoelectric coupling in split ring resonators Regular oral
        Andrei Pimenov, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
    • Session 2B: Extraordinary transmission (Session chairperson(s): Dries van Oosten)
      • 16:00 - Transmission of light through hole arrays in “unconventional” regimes Invited
        Luis Martin-Moreno, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, Spain; Sergio G. Rodrigo, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, Spain; S. Carretero-Palacios, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, Spain; A. Mary, Departamento de Fisica Teorica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain; F.J. Garcia-Vidal, Departamento de Fisica Teorica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
      • 16:20 - The fundamental physics of directive beaming at broadside and the role of leaky waves Invited
        David Jackson, University of Houston, USA; Filippo Capolino, University of California Irvine, USA; Ji Chen, University of Houston, USA; Giampiero Lovat, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy; Paolo Burghignoli, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy; Arthur Oliner, Polytechnic University, USA
      • 16:40 - Formation of a non-diffractive Bessel-like beam from a metallic subwavelength aperture Regular oral
        Zhaofeng Li, Nanotechnology Research Center,Bilkent University, Turkey; Kamil Boratay Alici, Nanotechnology Research Center,Bilkent University, Turkey; Humeyra Caglayan, Nanotechnology Research Center,Bilkent University, Turkey; Ekmel Ozbay, Nanotechnology Research Center,Bilkent University, Turkey
      • 17:00 - Enhanced transmission response from subwavelength slits in semiconductors in the UV range Regular oral
        Maria Antonietta Vincenti, Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica - Politecnico di Bari, Italy; Michael Scalora, Charles M. Bowden Research Center, AMSRD-AMR-WS-ST, RDECOM, Redstone Arsenal, USA; Vito Roppo, Departament de Fisica I Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain; Domenico de Ceglia, Charles M. Bowden Research Center, AMSRD-AMR-WS-ST, RDECOM, Redstone Arsenal, USA; Antonella D'Orazio, Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica - Politecnico di Bari, Italy; Mark J. Bloemer, Charles M. Bowden Research Center, AMSRD-AMR-WS-ST, RDECOM, Redstone Arsenal, USA
      • 17:20 - Acoustical wave phenomena - Extraordinary transmission, beaming and subwavelength imaging Regular oral
        Johan Christensen, UAM Madrid, Spain; Luis Martin-Moreno, CSIC, Universidad Zaragosa, Spain; Francisco Jose Garcia-Vidal, UAM Madrid, Spain
  • 17:40 - Welcome reception (Duration 02 h 00 m )
2009-09-02 08:30 The second conference day (Wednesday)
  • 08:30 - Registration (Duration 00 h 30 m )
  • 09:00 - Oral sessions 3 (Duration 01 h 40 m )
    • Special session 3 - Optical meta-devices (Organizer(s):  Hossein Mosallaei) (Session chairperson(s): Hossein Mosallaei)
      • 09:00 - Wave-front engineering of light sources by plasmonic metamaterials Keynote
        Federico Capasso, Harvard University, USA; Nanfang Yu, Harvard University, USA
      • 09:40 - Active plasmonic devices and active infrared metamaterials based on tunable split ring resonators Invited
        Harry Atwater, California Institute of Technology, USA
      • 10:00 - Metacomponents for Metactronics Invited
        Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania, USA
      • 10:20 - Strong light confinement with and without periodicity Invited
        Masaya Notomi, NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Japan
    • Session 3A: Microwave applications of metamaterials (Session chairperson(s): Manuel Freire, Ramon Gonzalo)
      • 09:00 - Magnification and demagnification with subwavelength resolution by hyperlenses from arrays of metallic wires Keynote
        Pavel Belov, Queen Mary University of London, UK; George Palikaras, Queen Mary University of London, UK; Yan Zhao, Queen Mary University of London, UK; Atiqur Rahman, Queen Mary University of London, UK; Rostyslav Dubrovka, Queen Mary University of London, UK; Constantin Simovski, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Yang Hao, Queen Mary University of London, UK; Clive Parini, Queen Mary University of London, UK
      • 09:40 - Analysis of radiation in a metamaterial leaky wave antenna based on complementary split ring resonator Regular oral
        Stéphanie Eggermont, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium; Robert Platteborze, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium; Isabelle Huynen, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
      • 10:00 - Left-handed stepped impedance resonator for WLAN applications Regular oral
        Shokrollah Karimian, The University of Manchester, UK; Mahmoud Abdalla, The University of Manchester, UK; Zhirun Hu, The University of Manchester, UK
      • 10:20 - Assessment of antenna arrays with nonlinear lumped loads for microwave phase conjugation for 2D near field imaging Regular oral
        Oleksandr Malyuskin, ECIT, Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom; Vincent Fusco, ECIT, Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom
    • Session 3B: New concepts (Session chairperson(s): Luk Arnaut, Clive Parini)
      • 09:00 - Negative refractive Index in natural, non-magnetic media Regular oral
        Martin McCall, Imperial College, United Kingdom; Paul Kinsler, Imperial College, UK; Dan Censor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
      • 09:20 - On a possibility to imitate media moving with superluminal velocity Regular oral
        Sergei Tretyakov, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Igor Nefedov, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
      • 09:40 - A new geometric perspective on bianisotropy using Clifford algebra Regular oral
        Sérgio Matos, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Portugal; Carlos Paiva, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Portugal; Afonso Barbosa, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Portugal
      • 10:00 - Possibilities offered by non-homogeneous materials Regular oralWithdrawn
        Fabio Bovino, Elsag Datamat, Italy
      • 10:20 - Metamaterial nanotips Regular oral
        Constantin Simovski, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Carsten Rockstuhl, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität , Germany; Falk Lederer, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität , Germany; Sergei Tretyakov, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
  • 10:40 - Poster 2 /coffee / exhibition (Duration 01 h 00 m )
    • Poster session II: Experimental (Session chairperson(s): Henrik Kettunen)
      • 1 - MIR filters based on extraordinary optical transmission through nanostructured gold films Poster
        Rubén Ortuño Molinero, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Andreas Hakansson, DAS Photonics, Spain; Juan Hurtado, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Laurent Bellieres, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Pedro Javier Rodríguez, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Amadeu Griol, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; José Ángel Ayúcar, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Francisco López, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Carlos García Meca, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Francisco José Rodríguez Fortuño, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Javier Martí, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Alejandro Martínez, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain
      • 2 - Transmission characteristics of terahertz metamaterials fabricated on polyethlene terephthalate films Poster
        Fumiaki Miyamaru, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Japan; Mitsuo Takeda, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Japan; Keisuke Takano, Osaka University, Japan; Masanori Hangyo, Osaka University, Japan
      • 3 - Design of compact multiple wideband EBG fractal structure PosterNo-show
        Raj Kumar, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (Deemed University), India; Goerge Mathai, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (Deemed University), India
      • 4 - Study of antenna gain enhancement using a near-zero refractive Index and fabry-perot cavity resonance Poster
        Dongho Kim, Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea (South); Jaeick Choi, Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea (South)
      • 5 - A novel ultra-wideband antenna with individual CSRR structure PosterNo-show
        XiaoYang He, Institute of Electronic Engineering,China Academy of Engineering Physics, China; Qi Chen, Institute of Electronic Engineering,China Academy of Engineering Physics, China; Chun Yang, Institute of Electronic Engineering,China Academy of Engineering Physics, China; BangHua Zhou, Institute of Electronic Engineering,China Academy of Engineering Physics, China
      • 6 - Experimental study of the temperature dependence of plasmonic resonances Poster
        Liming Ji, University of Arkansas, USA; Vasundara Varadan, University of Arkansas, USA
      • 7 - Simple asymmetric cut wire pairs producing negative index Poster
        Shah Nawaz Burokur, IEF, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, UMR 8622, France; André de Lustrac, IEF, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, UMR 8622, France
      • 8 - Eigenmodes of diatomic metamaterials with electric and magnetic coupling Poster
        Anna Radkovskaya, Magnetism Division, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Russia; Oleksiy Sydoruk, SAOT, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; Eugen Tatartschuk, SAOT, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; Christopher J. Stevens, Oxford University, UK; Grahame Faulkner, Oxford University, UK; David J. Edwards, Oxford University, UK
      • 9 - Ferromagnetic microwires enabled field tunable composites for structural health monitoring Poster
        Faxiang Qin, Advanced Composite Centre for Innovation and Science, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, United Kingdom; Hua-Xin Peng, Advanced Composite Centre for Innovation and Science, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
      • 10 - Experimental investigation of extended cylindrical cloak Poster
        Colin Brewitt-Taylor, QinetiQ ltd, United Kingdom; Peter Lederer, QinetiQ ltd, United Kingdom; Frank Smith, QinetiQ ltd, United Kingdom; Stefan Szwarnowski, QinetiQ ltd, United Kingdom
      • 11 - Experimental investigation of left-handed medium properties of semiconductor-ferrite composite in millimetre waveband Poster
        Aleksey Girich, Institute radiophysics and electronics NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine; Mikhail Khodzitsky, Institute radiophysics and electronics NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine; Sergey Tarapov, Institute radiophysics and electronics NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
      • 12 - Resonance phenomena in opal matrices with ferrite-spinel nanoparticles embedded Poster
        Anatoly Rinkevich, Institute of Metal Physics, Russia; Vladimir Ustinov, Institute of Metal Physics, Russia; Dmitry Perov, Institute of Metal Physics, Russia; Mikhail Samoylovich, Central Research Technological Institute ”TECHNOMASH”, Russia; Svetlana Kleshcheva, Central Research Technological Institute ”TECHNOMASH”, Russia
      • 13 - Simulation and measurements responses from combined circular SRR and wire mediums versus combined equilateral triangle SRR and wire mediums both on PTFE substrate at X band PosterNo-show
        José Everardo Julião Ferreira, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITA, Brazil; José Edimar Barbosa Oliveira, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITA, Brazil; Luiz Alberto de Andrade, Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço - IAE, Divisão de Materiais (AMR-C), Brazil; Mirabel Cerqueira Rezende, Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço - IAE, Divisão de Materiais (AMR-C), Brazil; Antônio Carlos da Cunha Migliano, Instituto de Estudos Avançados - IEAv, Brazil; Marcelo Bender Perotoni, Universidade Federal do ABC - UFABC, Brazil
      • 14 - Investigation of resonant metamaterials elements for MHz frequency Poster
        Janis Valdmanis, Institute of Physics, University of Latvia, Latvia; Aleksandrs Cipijs, Institute of Physics, University of Latvia, Latvia
      • 15 - Dielectric-graphite composite electrodynamical characteristics Poster
        Ilya Zotov, Chelyabinsk State University, Russia; Igor Bychkov, Chelyabinsk State University, Russia; Alexander Fediy, Chelyabinsk State University, Russia
      • 16 - Microwave response of multi-layer metamaterial-dielectric stacks Poster
        Celia Butler, University of Exeter, United Kingdom; James Parsons, University of Exeter, United Kingdom; Roy Sambles, University of Exeter, United Kingdom; Alastair Hibbins, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
      • 17 - Frequency selective surfaces for filtering radiation harmonics of Novosibirsk terahertz free electron laser Poster
        Sergey Kuznetsov, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS & Novosibirsk State University , Russia; Vitaly Kubarev, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Russia ; Alexander Gelfand, Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk Branch “TDIAM”, Russia ; Nina Fedorinina, Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk Branch “TDIAM”, Russia ; Petr Kalinin, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Russia; Boris Goldenberg, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Russia; Nikolay Vinokurov, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Russia
      • 18 - Nonreciprocal multiple splitting of giant ferromagnetic resonance in "ferrite plate - wire grating" planar metasandwiches Poster
        Galina Kraftmakher, Institute of Radioengineering & Electronics RAS, Russia; Valery Butylkin, Institute of Radioengineering & Electronics RAS, Russia
      • 19 - Shielded stripline left-handed transmission lines Poster
        Ruo Feng Xu, University of Kent, UK; Paul Young, University of Kent, UK
      • 20 - Extraordinary optical transmission through hole-particle arrays Poster
        Anna Ushanova, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Harri Lipsanen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
      • 21 - The anomalous transmission of the laser beam with the anisotropic matter Poster
        Ivetta Bodnar, State Scientific and Production Association «Scientific-Practical Materials Research Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus », Belarus; Sergej Guretsky, State Scientific and Production Association «Scientific-Practical Materials Research Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus », Belarus
      • 22 - Nanocomposite of metal nanoparticles and dielectric designed for photonics - fabrication and characterization Poster
        Andrzej Klos, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Poland; Marcin Gajc, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Poland; Dorota Pawlak, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Poland; Krzysztof Orlinski, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Poland; Ryszard Diduszko, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Poland
      • 23 - An interdigitated split ring resonator for low frequency metamaterials Poster
        Sungmin Sohn, Electrical and Computer Science Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA; J. Thomas Vaughan, Center for Magnetic Resonance, University of Minnesota, USA; Anand Gopinath , Electrical and Computer Science Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA
      • 24 - Tunable perfect lens based on ferroelectrics Poster
        Susanne Kehr, University of California, Berkeley, USA
      • 25 - Planar tri-layer Ag/SiO2/Ag plasmonic thermal emitter with coherent thermal emission PosterNo-show
        Yi-Tsung Chang, Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering, Taiwan
      • 26 - Spontaneous emission of rhodamine 6G molecules in synthetic opal photonic crystals under low dielectric contrast PosterNo-show
        Mykhailo Dergachov, Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine; Vasilij Moiseyenko, Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine; Vladimir Shvachich, Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine; Tatyana Shvets, Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine
      • 27 - On the nature of the secondary emission of globular SiO2 photonic crystals PosterNo-show
        Mykhailo Dergachov, Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine; Vasilij Moiseyenko, Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine; Vladimir Shvachich, Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine; Anton Yevchik, Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine
      • 28 - Self-action of light in photonic crystals Poster
        Ilya Razdolski, Moscow State University, Russia; Oleg Aktsipetrov, Moscow State University, Russia
      • 29 - Effective optical properties of a Swiss cross metamaterial beyond normal incidence Poster
        Christoph Menzel, Institute of Solid State Theory and Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany; Christian Helgert, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany; Johannes Üpping, Institute of Physics, μMD group, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Carsten Rockstuhl, Institute of Solid State Theory and Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany; Thomas Paul, Institute of Solid State Theory and Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany; Ernst-Bernhard Kley, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany; Thomas Pertsch, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany; Ralf Wehrspohn, Institute of Physics, μMD group, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Falk Lederer, Institute of Solid State Theory and Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
      • 30 - Amplification of intensity of Tamm peak on the boundary LHM/photonic crystal Poster
        Sergey Tarapov, Institute of Radiophyscis and Electronics NAS Ukraine, Ukraine; Tatyana Kalmykova, Institute of Radiophyscis and Electronics NAS Ukraine, Ukraine; Mikhail Khodzitsky, Institute of Radiophyscis and Electronics NAS Ukraine, Ukraine; Dmitry Belozorov, Institute for Theoretical Physics NSC “Kharkov Institute of Physics & Technology” NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine; Anatoly Pogorily, Institute of Magnetism, Ukraine; Anatoly Belous, Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Ukraine; Sergey Solopan, Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Ukraine
      • 31 - Using nanoimprint lithography for aligned stacking of fishnet structures Poster
        Iris Bergmair, Profactor GmbH, Austria; Michael Mühlberger, Profactor GmbH, Austria; Babak Dastmalchi, CD Laboratory for Surface Optics and Center for Surface and Nanoanalytics, Johannes Kepler Universität, Austria; Michael Bergmair, CD Laboratory for Surface Optics and Center for Surface and Nanoanalytics, Johannes Kepler Universität, Austria; Ulrich Dobramysl, CD Laboratory for Surface Optics and Center for Surface and Nanoanalytics, Johannes Kepler Universität, Austria; Ekaterina Psheney-Severin, Center for Innovation Competence »ultra optics«, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany; Thomas Pertsch, Center for Innovation Competence »ultra optics«, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany; Holger Schmidt, Microstructure Technology & Microoptics, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany; Ernst-Bernhard Kley, Microstructure Technology & Microoptics, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany; Kurt Hingerl, CD Laboratory for Surface Optics and Center for Surface and Nanoanalytics, Johannes Kepler Universität, Austria; Rainer Schöftner, Profactor GmbH, Austria
      • 32 - Nanolithography based on an atom pinhole camera for practical applications PosterNo-show
        Pavel Melentiev, Institute of Spectroscopy, Russia; Alexey Zablotskiy, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia; Anton Afanasiev, Institute of Spectroscopy, Russia; Artur Kuzin, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia; Dmitry Lapshin, Institute of Spectroscopy, Russia; Andrey Baturin, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia; Victor Balykin, Institute of Spectroscopy, Russia
      • 33 - Terahertz metamaterials fabricated with the super-fine ink-jet printer Poster
        Keisuke Takano, Inst. of Laser Engineering, Osaka Univ., Japan; Taku Kawabata, Inst. of Laser Engineering, Osaka Univ., Japan; Cho-Fan Hsieh, Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan; Fumiaki Miyamaru, Department of Physics Faculty of Science, Shinsyu Univ., Japan; Mitsuo Takeda, Department of Physics Faculty of Scienc, Shinsyu Univ., Japan; Ru-Pin Pan, Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan; Ci-Ling Pan, Department of Physics and Inst. of Photonics, National Tsing-Hua Univ., Taiwan; Masanori Hangyo, Inst. of Laser Engineering, Osaka Univ., Japan
  • 11:40 - Plenary 2 (Duration 01 h 00 m )
  • 12:40 - Lunch (Duration 01 h 20 m )
  • 14:00 - Oral sessions 4 (Duration 01 h 40 m )
    • Special session 4 - Applications to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Organizer(s):  Ricardo Marques) (Session chairperson(s): Ricardo Marques)
      • 14:00 - Preliminary experiments on a CRLH metamaterial zeroth-order resonant coil (ZORC) element for 7 Tesla MRI applications with large field of view Invited
        Andre Rennings, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Philipp Schneider, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Christophe Caloz, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada; Stephan Orzada, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
      • 14:20 - Curved wire-medium: simulation and experimental results Invited
        Xavier Radu, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium; Christophe Craeye, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
      • 14:40 - A practical parametric magneto-inductive ring detector Invited
        Richard Syms, Imperial College London, UK; Floume Timmy, Imperial College London, UK; Laszlo Solymar, Imperial College London, UK; Ian Young, Imperial College London, UK
      • 15:00 - Developing Swiss rolls for MRI Invited
        Michael Wiltshire, Imperial College London, UK
      • 15:20 - Potential applications of mu=-1 metamaterial superlenses for magnetic resonance imaging Invited
        Manuel Freire, University of Seville, Spain; Ricardo Marques, University of Seville, Spain; Lukas Jelinek, University of Seville, Czech Republic; Vicente Delgado, University of Seville, Spain
    • Session 4A: Applications of metasurfaces (Session chairperson(s): George Goussetis, Filippo Capolino)
      • 14:00 - Towards metasurfaces for wideband systems Invited
        J(Yiannis) Vardaxoglou, Loughborough University, UK
      • 14:20 - Engineered-response surfaces for power transmission enhancement through electrically small apertures Regular oral
        Luca Scorrano, University Roma Tre, Dept. of Applied Electronics, Italy; Filiberto Bilotti, University Roma Tre, Dept. of Applied Electronics, Italy; Lucio Vegni, University Roma Tre, Dept. of Applied Electronics, Italy; Ekmel Ozbay, Bilkent University, Nanotechnology Research Center, Turkey
      • 14:40 - Low-profile high-directivity conformal antennas based on high impedance and EBG metamaterial surfaces Regular oral
        George Palikaras, Queen Mary University of London, UK; Alexandros Feresidis, Lougborough University, UK; Yang Hao, Queen Mary University of London, UK
      • 15:00 - Multisource embedding in metamaterial-based cavities for directivity enhancement Regular oral
        Shah Nawaz Burokur, IEF, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, UMR 8622, France; André de Lustrac, IEF, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, UMR 8622, France
      • 15:20 - Electromagnetic scattering by an impedance sheet with a 1-D inhomogeneity in a rectangular waveguide Regular oral
        Keith Whites, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA; Brian Glover, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
    • Session 4B: Plasmonics I (Session chairperson(s): Gennady Shvets, Harry Atwater)
      • 14:00 - Spectral and spatial mode engineering of plasmonic nanocavities: Subradiant Modes and tunable Fano resonances for metamaterials applications Keynote
        Stefan Maier, Imperial College, UK
      • 14:40 - Dispersion of surface plasmons in noble metal films Invited
        Alex Schuchinsky, Queen's University Belfast, UK
      • 15:00 - Ultrafast and nonlocal effects in optical properties of plasmonic nanorod arrays Invited
        Anatoly Zayats, The Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom; Robert Pollard, The Queen's University of Belfast, UK; Gregory Wurtz, University of North Florida, USA; Viktor Podolskiy, Oregon State University, USA
      • 15:20 - Plasmonic particles patterns manipulating efficient radiation and wave incoupling Invited
        Hossein Mosallaei, Northeastern University, USA; Shabnam Ghadarghadr, Northeastern University, USA
  • 15:40 - Coffee break (Duration 00 h 20 m )
  • 16:00 - Oral sessions 5 (Duration 01 h 40 m )
    • Special session 5 - Extreme-parameter metamaterials (Organizer(s):  Andrea Alu, Nader Engheta) (Session chairperson(s): Andrea Alu, Nader Engheta)
      • 16:00 - Supercoupling and enhanced transmission in ENZ structures Invited
        Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania, USA; Andrea Alu, University of Texas at Austin, USA; Mario Silveirinha, University of Coimbra, Portugal; Brian Edwards, University of Pennsylvania, USA
      • 16:20 - Focusing with aperiodic array of metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides Invited
        Shanhui Fan, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, USA; Lieven Verslegers, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, USA; Peter B. Catrysse, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, USA; Zongfu Yu, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, USA
      • 16:40 - Extreme-parameter materials and boundary conditions Invited
        Ari Sihvola, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Henrik Wallén, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Ismo Lindell, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
      • 17:00 - An array of crossed metallic wires as a metamaterial with extreme Index of refraction Invited
        Mário Silveirinha, Universidade de Coimbra - Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal; Carlos Fernandes, Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico - Instituto de Telecomunicacões, Portugal; Jorge Costa, Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico - Instituto de Telecomunicacões, Portugal
      • 17:20 - Graded-index metamaterials: From linear to nonlinear optics InvitedWithdrawn
        Natalia Litchinitser, The State University of New York at Buffalo, USA; Tolanya Gibson, The State University of New York at Buffalo, USA; Ildar Gabitov, University of Arizona, USA; Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue University, USA; Andrei Maimistov, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Russia
    • Session 5A: Applications of tunable metamaterials (Session chairperson(s): Ferran Martin)
      • 16:00 - Multiband tuneable microwave resonators and filters on a combination of right/left-handed transmission line sections Invited
        Irina Vendik, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia; Dmitry Kholodnyak, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia; Polina Kapitanova, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia; Kirill Zemlyakov, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
      • 16:20 - Voltage tunable split-ring-resonators for waveguide applications Regular oral
        Matthias Maasch, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Microwave Engineering, Germany; Martin Schüßler, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Microwave Engineering, Germany; Erick González Rodíguez, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Microwave Engineering, Germany; Christian Damm, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Microwave Engineering, Germany; Grzegorz Lubkowski, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institut für Theorie Elektromagnetischer Felder, Germany; Rolf Jakoby, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Microwave Engineering, Germany
      • 16:40 - Ferrite supported antenna with CRLH cells tuned by magnetic bias field Regular oral
        Gheorghe Sajin, National Research Institute for Microtechnology, Romania; Stefan Simion, National Research Institute for Microtechnology, Romania; Florea Craciunoiu, National Research Institute for Microtechnology, Romania; Andrei Muller, National Research Institute for Microtechnology, Romania; Alina Cristina Bunea, National Research Institute for Microtechnology, Romania
      • 17:00 - Dual band-pass active filters based on recursive topologies and CRLH transmission lines Regular oral
        Oscar Garcia-Perez, Carlos III University in Madrid, Spain; Daniel Segovia-Vargas, Carlos III University in Madrid, Spain; Vicente Gonzalez-Posadas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
      • 17:20 - Application of right and left-handed transmission lines to design of highly integrated and tuneable directional couplers Regular oral
        Polina Kapitanova, Dept. of Microelectronics & Radio Engineering, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia; Dmitry Kholodnyak, Dept. of Microelectronics & Radio Engineering, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia; Irina Vendik, Dept. of Microelectronics & Radio Engineering, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia; Ruben Perrone, Institute for Micro- and Nanotechnologies, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany; Stefan Humbla, Institute for Micro- and Nanotechnologies, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany; Jens Mueller, Institute for Micro- and Nanotechnologies, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany; Matthias Hein, Institute for Micro- and Nanotechnologies, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany
    • Session 5B: Plasmonics II (Session chairperson(s): Alastair Hibbins)
      • 16:00 - The plasmonic Talbot effect Invited
        Dries van Oosten, Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, Netherlands; Marko Spasenović , Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, Netherlands; Kobus Kuipers, Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, Netherlands
      • 16:20 - Cross-conversion between surface plasmon polaritons and quasi-cylindrical waves Regular oral
        Philippe Lalanne, Institut Optique, France; Haitao Liu, 3 Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, China; Xiaoyan Yang, School of Optoelectronics Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
      • 16:40 - Plasmonic nanoantennae for efficient and ultrahigh resolution optical microscopy Regular oral
        Xuewen Chen, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; Hadi Eghlidi, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; Kwang-Geol Lee, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; Stephan Götzinger, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; Mario Agio, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; Vahid Sandoghdar, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
      • 17:00 - Plasmonic EIT at the Drude damping limit Regular oral
        Na Liu, 4th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Germany; Lutz Langguth, 4th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Germany; Thomas Weiss, 4th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Germany; Jürgen Kästel, Fachbereich Physik and research center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany; Michael Fleischhauer, Fachbereich Physik and research center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany; Tilman Pfau, 5th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Germany; Harald Giessen, 5th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Germany
      • 17:20 - Surface plasmon resonances of a half-disk Regular oral
        Henrik Kettunen, Dept. of Radio Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Henrik Wallen, Dept. of Radio Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Ari Sihvola, Dept. of Radio Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
  • 17:40 - Evening reception (Duration 02 h 00 m )
2009-09-03 08:30 The third conference day (Thursday)
  • 08:30 - Registration (Duration 00 h 30 m )
  • 09:00 - Oral sessions 6 (Duration 01 h 40 m )
    • Special session 6 - Optical metamaterials (Organizer(s):  Stefan Maier) (Session chairperson(s): Stefan Maier)
      • 09:00 - Coherent metamaterials Keynote
        Nikolay Zheludev, University of Southampton, United Kingdom; Vassili Fedotov, University of Southampton, United Kingdom; Eric Plum, University of Southampton, United Kingdom; Nikitas Papasimakis, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
      • 09:40 - Designing optical metamaterials Invited
        Maria Kafesaki, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Greece; Raluca Penciu, FORTH-IESL, Greece; Jianfeng Zhou, Iowa State University, USA; Thomas Koschny, Iowa State University, USA; Eleftherios Economou, FORTH-IESL, Greece; Costas Soukoulis, FORTH-IESL & Iowa State University, USA
      • 10:00 - Terahertz spoof surface plasmons Invited
        Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
      • 10:20 - Transforming light and cloaking with photonic metamaterials Invited
        Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue University, USA; Alexander V. Kildishev, Purdue University, USA; Vladimir P. Drachev, Purdue University, USA; Uday K. Chettiar, Purdue University, USA; Wenshan Cai, Purdue University, USA
    • Session 6A: Metamaterial transmission lines and waveguides (Session chairperson(s): Silvio Hrabar, Ekaterina Shamonina)
      • 09:00 - Metamaterial transmission lines with right-handed wave propagation at low frequencies and left-handed wave propagation at high frequencies: application to dual-band microwave components Regular oral
        Gerard Sisó, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; Jordi Bonache, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; Ferran Martín, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
      • 09:20 - MR-safe cables – an application of magneto-inductive waves? Regular oral
        Richard Syms, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; Laszlo Solymar, Imperial College London, UK; Ian Young, Imperial College London, UK
      • 09:40 - The radiation of antennas based on metamaterial waveguides Regular oral
        Alexey Basharin, Institute for theoretical and applied electromagnetics, Russia; Nikolay Balabukha, Institute for theoretical and applied electromagnetics, Russia
      • 10:00 - Frequency selective transmission in EBG structures Regular oral
        Irina Khromova, Public University of Navarra, Spain; Ramón Gonzalo, Public University of Navarra, Spain; Karu Esselle, Macquarie University, Australia
      • 10:20 - Surface waves on the interface of magneto-photonic crystal and semiconductor Regular oral
        Mikhail Khodzitsky, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics NAS, Ukraine; Olga Kostylyova, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics NAS, Ukraine; Sergey Tarapov, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics NAS, Ukraine; Alexey Girich, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics NAS, Ukraine; Alexey Bulgakov, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics NAS Ukraine, Ukraine; Oksana Shramkova, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics NAS Ukraine, Ukraine
    • Session 6B: Theoretical aspects: Defining boundaries (Session chairperson(s): Ismo Lindell, Sébastien Guenneau)
      • 09:00 - Whither metamaterial research? Invited
        Raj Mittra, Pennsylvania State University, USA
      • 09:20 - Broadband invisibility from electromagnetic to elastic waves. Invited
        Stefan Enoch, CNRS, France; Sébastien Guenneau, University of Liverpool, UK; Mohamed Farhat, CNRS, France; Alexander Movchan, University of Liverpool, UK
      • 09:40 - Symmetry and reciprocity constraints on optical activity in 2D-chiral metamaterials Regular oral
        Stanislav Maslovski, Dept. de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal; Dmitry Morits, Radiophysics Department, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia; Sergei Tretyakov, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Finland
      • 10:00 - Poynts of the compass: a flux vector that's going your way Regular oral
        Paul Kinsler, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; Alberto Favaro, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; Martin McCall, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
      • 10:20 - General relation between transmission phase and amplitude for negative refractive index devices Regular oral
        Colin Brewitt-Taylor, QinetiQ ltd, United Kingdom
  • 10:40 - Poster 3 /coffee / exhibition (Duration 01 h 00 m )
    • Poster session III: Modelling and simulations (Session chairperson(s): Stefano Maci)
      • 1 - Filtering structure based on SRRs for conical horn antennas in the low terahertz band Poster
        Belén Andrés-García, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Luis-Enrique García-Muñoz, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Vicente González-Posadas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; Daniel Segovia-Vargas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
      • 2 - Multiple extraordinary optical trnasmission peaks from evanescent coupling in perforated metal plates surrounded by dielectric Poster
        Rubén Ortuño Molinero, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Carlos García-Meca, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Francisco José Rodríguez-Fortuño, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Javier Martí, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Alejandro Martínez, Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain
      • 3 - Split-ring resonators achieve transmission through a photonic crystal bandgap Poster
        F. J. Rodríguez-Fortuño, Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; R. Ortuño, Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; C. García-Meca, Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; M Navarro-Cía, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; F. Falcone, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; J. Martí, Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; A. Martínez, Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain
      • 4 - Theoretical investigations on two-dimensional array of circular cylinders using the gaussian beam formalism Poster
        Stefan Varault, ONERA Toulouse, France; Sylvain Bolioli, ONERA Toulouse, France; Sokoloff Jerôme, UPS - LAPLACE, France
      • 5 - Dynamic and circuit theory models for the analysis of sub-wavelength transmission through patterned screens Poster
        Alexander B. Yakovlev, University of Mississippi, Department of Electrical Engineering, USA; Chandra S. R. Kaipa, University of Mississippi, Department of Electrical Engineering, USA; Yashwanth R. Padooru, University of Mississippi, Department of Electrical Engineering, USA; Francisco Medina, University of Seville, Department of Electronics and Electromagnetism, Spain; Francisco Mesa, University of Seville, Department of Applied Physics, Spain
      • 6 - Electromagnetically-induced-transparency-like metamaterial with magnetic quadrupole resonance Poster
        Toshihiro Nakanishi, Kyoto University, Japan; Yasuhiro Wakasa, Kyoto University, Japan; Yasuhiro Tamayama, Kyoto University, Japan; Tetsuo Kanazawa, Kyoto University, Japan; Kazuhiko Sugiyama, Kyoto University, Japan; Masao Kitano, Kyoto University, Japan
      • 7 - Compact bandpass waveguide filter using CSRR PosterNo-show
        Saeed Fallahzadeh, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran; Hadi Bahrami, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran; Hamid Bahrami, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran; Majid Tayarani, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
      • 8 - Investigating planar random metal dielectric composite materials as substrates in a patch antenna Poster
        Zhiyuan Duan, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom; D. Linton, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
      • 9 - Reflection polarization behaviour of ebg with a square spiral element on its top surface Poster
        Zhiyuan Duan, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom; D. Linton, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
      • 10 - Theoretical and experimental investigation of anisotropic artificial dielectrics Poster
        Jafar Shaker, Communications Research Centre, Canada
      • 11 - A method to assess the efficiency of active metamaterials Poster
        Thierry Lagutere, CEA, France; Olivier Acher, CEA, France; Carmen Tahmi, CEA, France; Jean Russat, CEA, France
      • 12 - Miniaturised surfaces for antenna applications Poster
        Kenneth Lee Ford, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; Huilai Liu, University of Sheffield, UK; Richard Langley, University of Sheffield, UK
      • 13 - Beam deflection and optical switching from subwavelength slits in metallic substrates Poster
        Maria Antonietta Vincenti, Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica -Politecnico di Bari, Italy; Michael Scalora, Charles M. Bowden Research Center, AMSRD-AMR-WS-ST, RDECOM, Redstone Arsenal, USA; Antonella D'Orazio, Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica -Politecnico di Bari, Italy
      • 14 - One hybrid method application on complex media Poster
        Nebojsa Raicevic, Faculty of electronic engineering, Serbia; Sasa Ilic, Faculty of electronic engineering, Serbia
      • 15 - Numerical analysis of a novel tunable ferrite-wire chessboard left-handed metamaterial Poster
        Zhen Yan Hu, Electromagnetical Field and Microwave Engineering Laboratory, Peking University, China; Le Zhu Zhou, Electromagnetical Field and Microwave Engineering Laboratory, Peking University, China
      • 16 - Photonic crystal beam splitters based on hexagonal lattice Poster
        JH Shi, Harbin Engineering University, China; CY Guan, Harbin Engineering University, China; LB Yuan, Harbin Engineering University, China
      • 17 - Full-wave parallel dispersive finite-difference time-domain modeling of three-dimensional electromagnetic cloaks Poster
        Yan Zhao, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom; Yang Hao, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom
      • 18 - Metamaterials for effective narrow band frequency selection in the 1-5 THz spectral region PosterNo-show
        Elia Palange, Department of Electric and Information Engineering, Italy; Carlo Rizza, Department of Electric and Information Engineering, Italy; Alessia Priante, Department of Electric and Information Engineering, Italy; Domenico Doddi, Department of Electric and Information Engineering, Italy; Francesco De Paulis, Department of Electric and Information Engineering, Italy; Antonio Orlandi, Department of Electric and Information Engineering, Italy; Pasquale Carelli, Department of Electric and Information Engineering, Italy
      • 19 - Novel CRLH cell based on robust planar design in CPW technology Poster
        Badreddine Ouagague, LAAS-CNRS, France; Fabio Coccetti, LAAS-CNRS, France; Robert Plana, LAAS-CNRS, France
      • 20 - Design of grating couplers using topology optimization for the efficient excitation of surface plasmons Poster
        Jacob Andkjær, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; Ole Sigmund, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; Shinji Nishiwaki, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Kyoto University, Japan; Tsuyoshi Nomura, Toyota Central R&D Laboratories Inc., Japan
      • 21 - Direct simulations of metamaterial absorbing and refracting layers Poster
        Lorena Basilio, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Larry Warne, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; William Johnson, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Michael Sinclair, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
      • 22 - Multi-chip-module-based micropyrometer with an IR metamaterials lens and bandpass optical filter Poster
        João Carmo, University of Minho, Dept. Industrial Electronics, Portugal; Luis Gonçalves, University of Minho, Dept. Industrial Electronics, Portugal; Higino Correia, University of Minho, Dept. Industrial Electronics, Portugal
      • 23 - Spectral characteristics of the 2D photonic crystals with nano-size dielectric and metal roads Poster
        Olga Kozina, Institute of Radio-Engineering and Electronics of Russian Academy of Science, Saratov Branch, Russia; Leonid Melnikov, Saratov State University, Russia
      • 24 - Novel bandpass filters based on grounded hilbert fractal resonators Poster
        Nikolina Janković, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia; Vasa Radonić, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia; Vesna Crnojević-Bengin, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
      • 25 - Manipulating optical signals at a sub-wavelength scale by planar arrays of nanospheres Poster
        Victor Malyshev, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Netherlands; Andrey Malyshev, Departamento de Fisica de Materiales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; Jasper Knoester, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Netherlands
      • 26 - Ultra-wideband microstrip monopole antenna by using unequal arms V- shaped slot printed on metamaterial surface PosterWithdrawn
        Dalia Elsheakh, Hawaii Center for Adanced Communication, University of Hawaii, USA; Hala Elsadek, Electronics Research Institute, National Research Centre, Egypt; Esmat Abdallah, Electronics Research Institute, National Research Centre, Egypt; Magdy Iskander, Hawaii Center for Advanced Communication, University of Hawaii , USA; Hadia Elhenawy, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Egypt
      • 27 - Planar 2D-isotropic negative index metamaterial made of tightly coupled tripole conductor pairs Poster
        Andrea Vallecchi, University of California, Irvine, USA; Filippo Capolino, University of California, Irvine, USA
      • 28 - A study on cutoff at 1.55 um for LR-SPP modes in strip waveguides Poster
        Marco Paolo Bolzoni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Gian Guido Gentili, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Silvia Maria Pietralunga, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
      • 29 - Fast dipole modes in metal-dielectric optical nanocables Poster
        Olga Kozina, Institute of Radio-Engineering and Electronics of Russian Academy of Science, Saratov Branch, Russia; Leonid Melnikov, Saratov State University, Russia; Andrey Soloviev, Saratov State University, Russia; Igor Nefedov, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
      • 30 - Enhanced reflection from arrays of metal patches Poster
        Melita Taylor, University of Exeter, United Kingdom; James Edmunds, University of Exeter, United Kingdom; Euan Hendry, University of Exeter, United Kingdom; Alastair Hibbins, University of Exeter, United Kingdom; Roy Sambles, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
      • 31 - Zeroth-order resonating wire (ZORW) antenna Poster
        Edvaldo Silva Pires, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil; Glauco Fontgalland, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil; Marcos A. B. de Melo, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil; Rômulo M. Valle, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil
      • 32 - Gold nano-rod antennas in linearly modulated array Poster
        Valeria Marrocco, DEE, Politecnico di Bari, Italy; Maria Antonietta Vincenti, DEE, Politecnico di Bari, Italy; Anna Mongiello, DEE, Politecnico di Bari, Italy; Marco De Sario, DEE, Politecnico di Bari, Italy; Vincenzo Petruzzelli, DEE, Politecnico di Bari, Italy; Francesco Prudenzano, DIASS, Politecnico di Bari, Italy; Antonella D'Orazio, DEE, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
      • 33 - Realizing thin electromagnetic absorbers for wide incidence angles from commercially available planar circuit materials Poster
        Brian Glover, Los Alamos Natl. Lab, USA; Matthew J. Radway, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA; Keith W. Whites, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA
      • 34 - Patch antenna miniaturization using H-fractal PBG structure substrate PosterNo-show
        Qi Chen, Institute of Electronic Engineering , China Academy of Engineering Physics, China; XiaoYang He, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, China; Chun Yang, Institute of Electronic Engineering , China Academy of Engineering Physics, China; Lin Cui Li, Institute of Electronic Engineering , China Academy of Engineering Physics, China
      • 35 - Modal analysis of a metamaterial layer formed by arrayed pairs of planar conductors Poster
        Paolo Baccarelli, SAPIENZA University of Rome, Italy; Filippo Capolino, University of California, USA; Simone Paulotto, SAPIENZA University of Rome, Italy; Alexander B. Yakovlev, University of Mississippi, USA
      • 36 - Design of a broadside longitudinal slot array antenna on a composite right/left-handed waveguide Poster
        María Navarro-Tapia, Departamento de Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, Universidad de Málaga, Spain; Jaime Esteban, Departamento de Electromagnetismo y Teoría de Circuitos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; Carlos Camacho-Peñalosa, Departamento de Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
      • 37 - Strong magnetism at visible wavelengths via coupled silver nano-hoops Poster
        Carlos Garcia-Meca, Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Ruben Ortuño, Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Francisco Jose Rodriguez-Fortuño, Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Javier Marti, Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain; Alejandro Martinez, Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain
      • 38 - A novel low profile dual-polarization metamaterial antenna ra-dome design for 2.6 GHz WiMAX applications Poster
        Chun-Yih Wu, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan; Hung-Hsuan Lin, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan; Jui-Hung Chen, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan
      • 39 - Study and modeling of enhanced transmission through plasmonic sub-wavelength structures PosterNo-show
        Jan Fiala, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic; Ivan Richter, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
      • 40 - The potential of single-slit split-ring resonators for optical trapping Poster
        Martin Ploschner, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom; Andrea Di Falco, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom; Michael Mazilu, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom; Thomas F. Krauss, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
      • 41 - Nonlocal homogenization using a finite-difference-frequency- domain numerical code Poster
        João Tiago Costa, Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal; Mário Silveirinha, Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
      • 42 - High-impedance surfaces with graphene patches as absorbing structures at microwaves Poster
        Alexander B. Yakovlev, University of Mississippi, Department of Electrical Engineering, USA; George W. Hanson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, USA; Arash Mafi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, USA
  • 11:40 - Plenary 3 (Duration 01 h 00 m )
  • 12:40 - Lunch (Duration 01 h 20 m )
  • 14:00 - Oral sessions 7 (Duration 01 h 40 m )
    • Special session 7 - Progress of ECONAM project (Organizer(s):  Alex Schuchinsky, Constantin Simovski) (Session chairperson(s): Alex Schuchinsky, Constantin Simovski)
      • 14:00 - Applicability of classical mixing rules: from positive to negative parameters Invited
        Henrik Wallén, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Henrik Kettunen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Ari Sihvola, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
      • 14:20 - Weakly and strongly coupled optical metamaterials Invited
        Costas Soukoulis, Ames Lab and IESL-FORTH, Greece; J. Zhou, Iowa State University – Ames Lab and Physics Department, USA; M. Kafesaki, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Greece; Th. Koschny, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Greece
      • 14:40 - Characterization of plasmonic metamaterials using effective parameters Invited
        Chris Fietz, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA; Dmitriy Korobkin, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA; Burton Neuner, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA; Chihui Wu, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA; Gennady Shvets, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
      • 15:00 - On the locality of Drude transition layers for metamaterials Invited
        Constantin Simovski, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
      • 15:20 - On non-Maxwellian boundary conditions for metamaterial interface Invited
        Alexey Vinogradov, ITAE RAS, Russia; Alexander Merzlikin, ITAE RAS, Russia; Said Zouhdi, Laboratoire de Génie Electrique de Paris LGEP-Supélec, France
    • Session 7A: New metamaterial particles (Session chairperson(s): Richard Syms, Steven Russell)
      • 14:00 - Open complementary split ring resonators (OCSRRs): the missing particle Invited
        Adolfo Velez, CIMITEC, Spain; Francisco Aznar, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain; Miguel Duran Sindreu, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain; Jordi Bonache, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain; Ferran Martin, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
      • 14:20 - Numerical and experimental investigation of field distribution inside four-arm spherical resonator that mimics plasmonic nanosphere Regular oral
        Silvio Hrabar, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Zoran Eres, Rugjer Boskovic Institute Zagreb, Croatia; Davor Zaluski, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Damir Muha, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia
      • 14:40 - Extreme chirality in swiss roll metamaterials Regular oral
        Angela Demetriadou, Imperial College of London, United Kingdom; John Pendry, Imperial College of London, United Kingdom
      • 15:00 - Cube composed of DNA-like helices displays polarization selectivity properties in microwave Regular oral
        Igor Semchenko, Gomel State University, Belarus; Sergei Khakhomov, Gomel State University, Belarus; Alexei Balmakov, Gomel State University, Belarus
      • 15:20 - Homogenization of metamaterials by fractaloid hybrid structures Regular oral
        Ernst Lenz, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; Heino Henke, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
    • Session 7B: Transformational electromagnetics (Session chairperson(s): John Pendry)
      • 14:00 - An optical cloak composed of identical chalcogenide glass resonators Invited
        Elena Semouchkina, The Pennsylvania State University, USA; Douglas Werner, The Pennsylvania State University, USA; Carlo Pantano, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
      • 14:20 - Dispersive and bandwidth effects using non-monochromatic pulses for ground-plane quasi-cloaks Invited
        Efthymios Kallos, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom; Christos Argyropoulos, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom; Yang Hao, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
      • 14:40 - Super-Scatterers Regular oral
        Wei Hsiung Wee, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
      • 15:00 - Enhancement of antenna directivity via transformation optics using Mercator and Lambert mapping functions Regular oral
        Charles Croënne, IEMN/USTL, France; Didier Lippens, IEMN/USTL, France
      • 15:20 - Axion-skewon media in generalized transformation optics Regular oral
        Luzi Bergamin, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, TKK Helsinki, Finland
  • 15:40 - Coffee break (Duration 00 h 20 m )
  • 16:00 - Oral sessions 8 (Duration 01 h 40 m )
    • Special session 8 - Nonlinear metamaterials (Organizer(s):  Natalia Litchinitser, Michael Scalora) (Session chairperson(s): Joseph Haus)
      • 16:00 - Nonlinear propagation through plasmonic materials Invited
        Joseph Haus, University of Dayton, USA
      • 16:20 - Nonlinear interactions in backward wave media Invited
        Ilya Shadrivov, Australian National University, Australia
      • 16:40 - Modelling and theory of nonlinear or gyroelectric nanoscale metamaterials Invited
        Allan Boardman, University of Salford, United Kingdom; Peter Egan, University of Salford, United Kingdom; Rhiannon Mitchell-Thomas, University of Salford, United Kingdom; Larry Velasco, University of Salford, United Kingdom; Yuriy Rapoport, University of Salford, United Kingdom
      • 17:00 - Non-linear effects in optical metamagnetics: numerical modelling in time and frequency domains Invited
        Alexander Kildishev, Birck Nanotechnology Center, School of ECE, Purdue University, USA
      • 17:20 - Phase locked harmonics etalon localization Invited
        V. Roppo, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain; Fabrice Raineri, Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, CNRS UPR20, France; C. Cojocaru, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain; J. Trull, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain; R. Vilaseca, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain; R. Raj, Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, CNRS UPR20, France; G. D’Aguanno, C. M. Bowden Research Facility, Redstone Arsenal, USA; M. Scalora, C. M. Bowden Research Facility, Redstone Arsenal, USA
    • Session 8A: Homogenization and bulk metamaterials (Session chairperson(s): Anthony Grbic, Henrik Wallén)
      • 16:00 - Time-domain homogenization of bianisotropic media Invited
        Hicham Belyamoun, LGEP, France; Said Zouhdi , LGEP, France
      • 16:20 - Magnetic plasmon-polaritons in split-ring metamaterials with strong coupling Invited
        Ekaterina Shamonina, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; Anna Radkovskaya, Moscow State University, Russia; Eugen Tatartschuk, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; Chris Stevens, University of Oxford, UK; David Edwards, University of Oxford, UK; Laszlo Solymar, Imperial College London, UK
      • 16:40 - Creating negative refractive index medium based on non-uniform Regular oral
        Yue Jun Lai, National Hsing Hua University, Taiwan (R.O.C); Ta Jen Yen, National Hsing Hua University, Taiwan (R.O.C)
      • 17:00 - Experimental realization of low-loss 3D isotropic DNG materials Regular oral
        Jacques Loui, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; James Carroll, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Paul Clem, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Michael Sinclair, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
      • 17:20 - Do hole dimensions change dramatically refraction in stacked per-forated metallic plates with wedge shape? Regular oral
        Miguel Navarro-Cía, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; Miguel Beruete, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; Igor Campillo, CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, Spain; Francisco Falcone, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; Mario Sorolla, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
    • Session 8B: Fabrication of artificial materials (Session chairperson(s): Pavel Belov)
      • 16:00 - Making plasmonic structures and metamaterials via lithography and nanoimprint Invited
        Alexandra Boltasseva, Purdue University, USA
      • 16:20 - Fabrication of 3-D cubic metamaterials through directional evaporation Regular oral
        D. Bruce Burckel, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Paul S. Davids, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Greg A. Ten Eyck, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; A. Rob Ellis, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Brandon S. Passmore, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Eric A. Shaner, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Joel R. Wendt, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Igal Brener, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Michael B. Sinclair, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
      • 16:40 - Effect of oxide layers on the performance of split ring resonator metamaterials Regular oral
        David Peters, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; David Shelton, CREOL/University of Central Florida, USA; James Ginn, CREOL/University of Central Florida, USA; Michael Sinclair, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Greg Ten-Eyck, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Joel Wendt, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; William Langston, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Lorena Basilio, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Larry Warne, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Brandon Passmore, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Igal Brener, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Glenn Boreman, CREOL/University of Central Florida, USA
      • 17:00 - Optical properties of metallic nanotubes Regular oral
        Antony Murphy, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom; Robert Pollard, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
      • 17:20 - Reflection and transmission coefficients of nano-metamaterial antennas at microwave frequencies Regular oral
        William Whittow, Loughborough University, United Kingdom; Yiannis Vardaxoglou, Loughborough University, United Kingdom; Chris Toprakcioglu, University of Patras, Greece; Nikos Spiliopoulos, University of Patras, Greece
  • 17:40 - Social tour by classic buses (Duration 01 h 20 m )
  • 19:00 - Conference banquet (Duration 03 h 00 m )
2009-09-04 08:30 The last conference day (Friday)
  • 08:30 - Registration (Duration 00 h 30 m )
  • 09:00 - Oral sessions 9 (Duration 01 h 40 m )
    • Special session 9 - Cloaking and coordinate-transformation applications (Organizer(s):  Nader Engheta, Andrea Alu) (Session chairperson(s): Nader Engheta, Andrea Alu)
      • 09:00 - Cloaking a sensor with plasmonic materials Invited
        Andrea Alu, University of Texas at Austin, USA; Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania, USA
      • 09:20 - Anisotropic metamaterials emulated by tapered waveguides: application to optical cloaking Invited
        Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue University, USA; Vera N. Smolyaninova, Towson University, USA; Alexander V. Kildishev, Purdue University, USA; Igor I. Smolyaninov, BAE Systems, USA
      • 09:40 - Broadband invisibility by non-Euclidean cloaking Invited
        Ulf Leonhardt, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom; Tomas Tyc, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
      • 10:00 - Surface singularities in spherical and cylindrical cloaks Invited
        Arthur Yaghjian, Self Employed, USA
      • 10:20 - Cloaking potentials formulated by non-radiating sources Invited
        Stefano Maci, University of Siena, Italy
    • Session 9A: Metasurfaces (Session chairperson(s): Pavel Belov, Tatsuo Itoh)
      • 09:00 - Plasmonic resonance in artificial impedance surfaces Regular oral
        Olli Luukkonen, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, TKK Helsinki Univeristy of Technology, Finland; Pekka Alitalo, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, TKK Helsinki Univeristy of Technology, Finland; Filippo Costa, Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy; Constantin Simovski, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, TKK Helsinki Univeristy of Technology, Finland; Agostino Monorchio, Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy; Sergei Tretyakov, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, TKK Helsinki Univeristy of Technology, Finland
      • 09:20 - Sub-wavelength resonances in mushroom-type surfaces in connection with leaky waves Regular oral
        Alexander B. Yakovlev, University of Mississippi, Department of Electrical Engineering, USA; Mario G. Silveirinha, Department of Electrical Engineering – Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Coimbra, Portugal; Paolo Baccarelli, Electronic Engineering Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
      • 09:40 - Miniaturization of inductance-enhanced EBG structures using thin film technology Regular oral
        Noriaki Ando, NEC Corporation, Japan; Koichi Takemura, NEC Corporation, Japan; Hiroshi Toyao, NEC Corporation, Japan; Tsuneo Tsukagoshi, NEC Corporation, Japan
      • 10:00 - Behaviour of surface currents on truncated FSS arrays Regular oral
        Jean-Baptiste Robertson, Department of Electronics, University of Kent, United Kingdom; Ted Parker, Department of Electronics, University of Kent, United Kingdom; Benito Sanz-Izquierdo, Department of Electronics, University of Kent, United Kingdom; John Batchelor, Department of Electronics, University of Kent, United Kingdom
      • 10:20 - Surface-plasmon-like modes on ultra-thin metamaterials Regular oral
        Alastair Hibbins, University of Exeter, United Kingdom; Matthew Lockyear, University of Exeter, United Kingdom; Roy Sambles, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
    • Session 9B: State-of-the-art overviews (Session chairperson(s): Ross McPhedran, Andre Rennings)
      • 09:00 - The almost magical world of metamaterials Invited
        Ekmel Ozbay, Bilkent University, Turkey
      • 09:20 - Metamaterial based microwave devices Regular oral
        Kamil Boratay Alici, Bilkent University, Turkey; Filiberto Bilotti, University of Rome Tre, Italy; Lucio Vegni, University of Rome Tre, Italy; Ekmel Ozbay, Bilkent University, Turkey
      • 09:40 - Negative index metamaterials operating at terahertz frequencies Invited
        Didier Lippens, IEMN/USTL, France
      • 10:00 - Isotropic optical metamaterials Regular oral
        Thomas Paul, Institut of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, Germany; Carsten Rockstuhl, Institut of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, Germany; Christoph Menzel, Institut of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, Germany; Falk Lederer, Institut of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, Germany
      • 10:20 - Microwave and photonic properties of engineered quasicrystals Invited
        Antonello Andreone, Physics Department, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy; Giancarlo Abbate, Physics Department, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy; Emiliano Di Gennaro, Physics Department, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy; T. Priya Rose, Physics Department, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy; Salvatore Savo, Physics Department, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy; Gianluigi Zito, Physics Department, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy; Giampiero Castaldi, Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Italy; Vincenzo Galdi, Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Italy; Maria Rosaria Masullo, INFN Naples, Italy
  • 10:40 - Poster 4 / coffee / exhibition (Duration 01 h 00 m )
    • Poster session IV: General topics and student paper competition (Session chairperson(s): Igor Nefedov)
      • 1 - Bending integrated EBG antennas PosterNo-show
        Richard Langley, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; Qiang Bai, University of Sheffield, UK
      • 2 - A design of Fabry-Pérot cavity antenna surrounded with metallic walls Poster
        Jeongho Ju, Electronics and TelecommunicationsReseach Institute, Korea (South)
      • 3 - Tuneable dielectric properties of composites with arrays of magnetic wires Poster
        Valentina Zhukova, Dpto. de Fisica de Materiales, Fac. Quimicas, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain; Larissa Panina, School of Computing, Communications and Electronics, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom ; Mihail Ipatov, Dpto. de Fisica de Materiales, Fac. Quimicas, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain; Julian Gonzalez, Dpto. de Fisica de Materiales, Fac. Quimicas, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain; Arcady Zhukov, Dpto. de Fisica de Materiales, Fac. Quimicas, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain
      • 4 - Reducing mutual coupling between loaded PIFA antennas by using planar soft surfaces Poster
        Eva Rajo-Iglesias, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Oscar Quevedo-Teruel, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Antonio Fernandez-Herrera, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Luis Inclan-Sanchez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
      • 5 - Extraction of effective electromagnetic parameters of microstrip complementary split-ring resonators Poster
        Svetislav Ponjavic, METATEC, Serbia; Branka Jokanovic, Institute IMTEL, Serbia
      • 6 - A simple mixed analytical-numerical method for modelling and design planar periodic structures Poster
        Michaël Grelier, Telecom ParisTech, France; Anne Claire Lepage, Telecom ParisTech, France; Xavier Begaud, Telecom ParisTech, France; Jean Marc Lemener, Thales Systèmes Aéroportés, France
      • 7 - Studies on multiple inclusion magnetic structures useful for millimeter-wave LHM applications PosterNo-show
        Tapashree Roy, Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India; Debashree Banerjee, Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India; Subal Kar, Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India
      • 8 - Rigorous correlation between magnetic and electric responses for the left-handed behavior of combined metamaterial PosterNo-show
        Tung Nguyen Thanh, Quantum Photonic Science Research Center, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (South); Lam Vu Dinh, Quantum Photonic Science Research Center, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (South); Park Jin Woo, Quantum Photonic Science Research Center, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (South); Cho Min Hyung, Quantum Photonic Science Research Center, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (South); Lee Sang Jae, Quantum Photonic Science Research Center, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (South); Jang Won Ho, Korea Communication Commission Radio Research Laboratory, Seoul, Korea (South); Lee YoungPak, Quantum Photonic Science Research Center, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (South)
      • 9 - Design of simple M-PRS superstrates for different applications to sectoral base station antennas Poster
        Mohamad Hajj, University of Limoges, France; Dina Serhal, University of Limoges, France; Bernard Jecko, University of Limoges, France
      • 10 - Bandwidth improvement of microstrip antenna using zero-order mode resonance PosterNo-show
        Yaxuan Zhu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University EIE Department, Hong Kong
      • 11 - Effects of gyromagnetic anisotropy on the directive radiation of a line source within a LHM hollow cylinder PosterNo-show
        Rui-Xin Wu, Nanjing University, China; Jiang Zhu, Nanjing University, China
      • 12 - Polarization degeneracy of Bragg reflection at magnetization PosterNo-show
        Alexander Merzlikin, Institution of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute for theoretical and applied electromagnetics RAS (ITAE RAS), Russia; Alexey Vinogradov, Institution of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute for theoretical and applied electromagnetics RAS (ITAE RAS), Russia; Miguel Levy, Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, USA; Sergey Tarapov, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine
      • 13 - Transient response of wideband cloaking structures made of Isotropic cylindrical layers Poster
        Gi-Ho Park, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore; Haoyuan She, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore; Er Ping Li, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore; Wolfgang Hoefer, University of Victoria, Canada
      • 14 - Imaging property of negative index waveguide structures in the optical regime PosterNo-show
        Takeshi Baba, Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Japan; Seigo Ohno, Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Japan; Teruya Ishihara, Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Japan
      • 15 - Electromagnetic and other properties of MnTiO3 – TiO2 self - organized microstructure Poster
        Katarzyna Kolodziejak, Institute of Electronic Materals Technology, Poland; Dorota Pawlak, Institute of Electronic Materals Technology, Poland; Maria Kafesaki , Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas , Greece; Stavroula Foteinopoulou, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas , Greece; George Kenankis, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas , Greece; Nikos Katsarakis, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas , Greece
      • 16 - X-band linear to circular polarisation conversion using a doubly periodic EBG structure Poster
        Matthias Euler, ECIT, United Kingdom; Vincent Fusco, ECIT, UK; Robert Cahill, ECIT, UK
      • 17 - Multiple scattering and speckle instability in Kerr random media PosterNo-show
        Patrick Sebbah, CNRS -UMR6622, France; Umberto Bortolozzo, CNRS -UMR6618, France; Stefania Residori, CNRS -UMR6618, France
      • 18 - Using RCWA to analyse gratings and negative index structures Poster
        Michael Bergmair, CD-Labor für oberflächenoptische Methoden, Institut für Halbleiter- und Festkörperphysik, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria; Babak Dastmalchi, CD-Labor für oberflächenoptische Methoden, Institut für Halbleiter- und Festkörperphysik, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria; Iris Bergmair, Profactor GmbH, Austria; Kurt Hingerl, Zentrum für Oberflächen- und Nanoanalytik, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria
      • 19 - Design of compact RF superconducting metamaterials Poster
        Cihan Kurter, University of Maryland, USA; Steven M. Anlage, University of Maryland, USA
  • 11:40 - Plenary 4 (Duration 01 h 00 m )
  • 12:40 - Lunch (Duration 01 h 20 m )
  • 14:00 - Oral sessions 10 (Duration 01 h 40 m )
    • Special session 10 - Metamaterial-based directive antennas (Organizer(s):  Alexandros Feresidis) (Session chairperson(s): Alexandros Feresidis, Ian Youngs)
      • 14:00 - A novel miniature wideband stacked-patch antenna design using matched Impedance magneto-dielectric substrates Invited
        Douglas Werner, Penn State University, USA; Zikri Bayraktar, Penn State University, USA; Frank Namin, Penn State University, USA; Tom Spence, Penn State University, USA; Micah Gregory, Penn State University, USA; Pingjuan Werner, Penn State University, USA; Elena Semouchkina, Penn State University, USA
      • 14:20 - Directive antennas based on zeroth-order resonant CRLH metamaterials implemented in multilayer-technology Invited
        Andre Rennings, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Thorsten Liebig, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Simon Otto, IMST GmbH, Germany; Christophe Caloz, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada; Daniel Erni, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
      • 14:40 - Highly directive Fabry-Pérot cavity antennas: a review and our developments Invited
        Filippo Capolino, University of California, USA; D. R. Jackson, Dept. of Electrical and Comp. Engineering, University of Houston, USA; P. Burghignoli, Dept. of Electronic Engineering, “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy; G. Lovat, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy; M. Albani, Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Siena, Italy; A. Vallecchi, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, USA; S. A. Hosseini, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, USA; F. De Flavii, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, USA
      • 15:00 - Analysis and design of 1D and 2D high-gain leaky-wave an-tennas using metallodielectric FSS and AMC Invited
        Maria García-Vigueras, UPCT, Spain; Carolina Mateo-Segura, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom; Jose Gómez-Tornero, UPCT, Spain; George Goussetis, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom; Alexandros Feresidis, Laoughboough University, UK
      • 15:20 - Partially reflective surfaces for wide-band EBG resonator antennas Invited
        Yuehe Ge, Dept of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Macquarie University, Australia; Karu Esselle, Dept of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Macquarie University, Australia; Trevor Bird, ICT Centre, CSIRO, Australia
    • Session 10A: Terahertz metamaterials: New devices (Session chairperson(s): Willie Padilla, Ekmel Ozbay)
      • 14:00 - Asymmetric split ring resonators for infrared optical sensing of organic materials Invited
        Nigel P. Johnson, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; Basudev Lahiri, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; Ali Z. Khokhar, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; Richard M. De La Rue, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; Scott G. McMeekin, School of Computing and Engineering, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom
      • 14:20 - FSS-filters and metasurfaces for subterahertz and terahertz frequencies Regular oral
        Sergey Kuznetsov, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS & Novosibirsk State University , Russia; Andrey Arzhannikov, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS & Novosibirsk State University , Russia; Vitaly Kubarev, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Russia; Mario Sorolla, Millimeter and Terahertz Wave Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; Miguel Beruete, Millimeter and Terahertz Wave Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; Miguel Navarro-Cía, Millimeter and Terahertz Wave Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; Mariam Aznabet, Millimeter and Terahertz Wave Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; Igor Campillo, CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, Spain; Alexander Gelfand, Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk Branch “TDIAM”, Russia; Nina Fedorinina, Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk Branch “TDIAM”, Russia
      • 14:40 - Subterahertz metasurfaces with extra-densely packed cells comprised by convoluted tripole elements Regular oral
        Sergey Kuznetsov, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS & Novosibirsk State University , Russia; Miguel Navarro-Cía, Millimeter and Terahertz Wave Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; Miguel Beruete, Millimeter and Terahertz Wave Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; Mario Sorolla, Millimeter and Terahertz Wave Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; Andrey Arzhannikov, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS & Novosibirsk State University , Russia; Alexander Gelfand, Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk Branch “TDIAM”, Russia; Nina Fedorinina, Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk Branch “TDIAM”, Russia
      • 15:00 - Terahertz spoof surface plasmon polaritons on wires, channels and wedges Regular oral
        Antonio I. Fernandez-Dominguez, Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain; Esteban Moreno, Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain; Luis Martin-Moreno, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA) and Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain; Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal, Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
      • 15:20 - Single and multi-pixel modulators for infrared beams using active metamaterials Regular oral
        Igal Brener, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Xomalin Peralta, UT San Antonio, USA; William Chan, Rice University, USA; Dan Mittleman, Rice University, USA; Michael Cich, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Michael Wanke, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; John Reno, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Hou-Tong Chen, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA; John O'Hara, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA; Antoniette Taylor, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA; Jeremy Wright, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Charles Fuller, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
    • Session 10B: Cloaking (Session chairperson(s): Arthur Yaghjian, David R. Smith)
      • 14:00 - Resonant cloaking and local density of states Invited
        Ross McPhedran, CUDOS/School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia; Nicolae Nicorovici, CUDOS/University of Sydney, Australia; Lindsay Botten, CUDOS/University of Technology Sydney, Australia
      • 14:20 - Wide-band electromagnetic cloaking with a simple volumetric structure composed of metal plates Regular oral
        Pekka Alitalo, TKK Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Olli Luukkonen, TKK Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; Sergei Tretyakov, TKK Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
      • 14:40 - Is it possible to overcome basic dispersion constraints and achieve broadband cloaking? Invited
        Silvio Hrabar, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Igor Krois, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Marijan Matvijev, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia
      • 15:00 - Design of plasmonic covers to cloak arbitrarily-shaped objects Regular oral
        Simone Tricarico, University of Roma Tre, Italy; Filiberto Bilotti, University of Roma Tre, Italy; Andrea Alù, University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A; Lucio Vegni, University of Roma Tre, Italy
      • 15:20 - A scattering cancellation approach for acoustic waves Regular oral
        Matt D. Guild, University of Texas at Austin, USA; Andrea Alù, University of Texas at Austin, USA; Michael R. Haberman, University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • 15:40 - Coffee break (Duration 00 h 20 m )
  • 16:00 - Oral sessions 11 (Duration 01 h 20 m )
    • Session 11A: New terahertz metamaterials (Session chairperson(s): Maria Kafesaki)
      • 16:00 - Resonant coupling to a dipole absorber inside a metamaterial: anti-crossing of the negative index response Regular oral
        Igal Brener, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Slava Smolev, University of New Mexico, USA; Zayhun Ku, University of New Mexico, USA; Steve Brueck, University of New Mexico, USA; Michael Sinclair, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Greg Ten-Eyck, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; William Langston, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Lorena Basilio, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
      • 16:20 - Circuit approach for terahertz left-handed sub-wavelength holes arrayed stacks Regular oral
        Didier Lippens, IEMN/USTL, France; Jorge Carbonell, ITEAM/UPV, Spain; Charles Croënne, IEMN/USTL, France; Frédéric Garet, IMEP/LAHC, France; Eric. Lheurette, IEMN/USTL, France; Jean Louis Coutaz, IMEP/LAHC, France
      • 16:40 - Variable effective refractive index of a gap layer between two cut-through metal slit array metamaterial slabs Regular oral
        Koichi Akiyama, Advanced Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation , Japan; Kyoji Shibuya, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan; Keisuke Takano, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan; Yuji Abe, Advanced Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan; Yasunori Tokuda, Advanced Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan; Masanori Hangyo, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
      • 17:00 - Fabrication of free-standing matrix-free electromagnetic metamaterials with THz resonances Regular oral
        Linke Jian, National University of Singapore/SSLS, Singapore; Herbert Moser, National University of Singapore/SSLS, Singapore
    • Session 11B: Anisotropic metamaterials (Session chairperson(s): Raj Mittra, Richard Langley)
      • 16:00 - Transport of an arbitrary near-field component with an array of tilted wires Regular oral
        Tiago Morgado, Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e Computadores da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal; Mário Silveirinha, Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e Computadores da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
      • 16:20 - Additional boundary conditions for nonconnected wire media Regular oral
        Mário Silveirinha, Universidade de Coimbra - Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
      • 16:40 - Effective properties of periodic, partially disordered, and amorphous metamaterials Regular oral
        Christian Helgert, ZIK ultra-optics, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany; Carsten Rockstuhl, Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany; Christoph Etrich, ZIK ultra-optics, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany; Ernst-Bernhard Kley, ZIK ultra-optics, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany; Andreas Tünnermann, ZIK ultra-optics, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany; Falk Lederer, Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany; Thomas Pertsch, ZIK ultra-optics, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
      • 17:00 - Design of polarizers at optical frequencies Regular oral
        Alessandro Toscano, University "Roma Tre", Italy; Lucio Vegni, University "Roma Tre", Italy
    • Session 11: Nonlinear and active metamaterials (Session chairperson(s): George Palikaras)
      • 16:00 - Superheterodyne amplification for high-frequency active metamaterials Regular oral
        Allan Boardman, University of Salford, United Kingdom; Vladimir Grimalsky, Autonomous University of Morelos, Mexico; Svetlana Koshevaya, University of Salford, United Kingdom; Yuriy Rapoport, University of Salford, United Kingdom
      • 16:20 - Multipole induced nonlinearity of metamaterials Regular oral
        Joerg Petschulat, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena, Germany; Arkadi Chipouline, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena, Germany; Carsten Rockstuhl, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena, Germany; Andreas Tuennermann, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena, Germany; Falk Lederer, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena, Germany; Thomas Pertsch, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena, Germany
      • 16:40 - Surface second harmonic generation in metamaterials of nanowires made of centro-symmetric media Regular oral
        Claudiu Biris, University College London - Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, United Kingdom; Nicolae Panoiu, University College London - Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, United Kingdom
      • 17:00 - Amplification of the evanescent modes and connection with the guided modes for 1-D, multi-layered structures Regular oral
        Concita Sibilia, Universita' di Roma La Sapienza, Italy; Mario Bertolotti, Universita' di Roma La Sapienza, Italy; Antonio Mandatori, Universita' di Roma La Sapienza, Italy; Nadia Mattiucci, Dept. of the Army. Charles M. Bowden Facility , Research Development and Engineering Command , Redstone Arsenal, USA; Giuseppe D'Aguanno, Dept. of the Army. Charles M. Bowden Facility , Research Development and Engineering Command , Redstone Arsenal, USA
  • 17:20 - Closing ceremony (Alexander Schuchinsky, chair) (Duration 00 h 20 m )
    • Closing ceremony (Session chairperson(s): Alex Schuchinsky)