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Metamaterials 2012 St 17th-22nd September Metamaterials 2012 St. Petersburg, Russia th 6 International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics Programme http://congress2012.metamorphose-vi.org St.St. Petersburg,Petersburg, RussiaRussia Table of Contents Foreword.......................................................................................................................................................4 Preface.........................................................................................................................................................5 Welcome Message......................................................................................................................................6 Committee................................................................................................................................................7 Location.......................................................................................................................................................8 Conference Venue.......................................................................................................................................9 St. Petersburg Attractions........................................................................................................................10 Programme Monday, 17th September Optical and UV Metamaterials...............................................................................12 Microwave Metamaterials......................................................................................13 Acoustic Metamaterials I........................................................................................15 Nonlinear Metamaterials I.....................................................................................16 Extraordinary Transmission....................................................................................18 Acoustic Metamaterials II.......................................................................................19 Nonlinear Metamaterials II.....................................................................................20 Antenna Applications of Metamaterials..................................................................22 Acoustic and Other Metamaterials.........................................................................23 Poster session I: Optical, Nonlinear, Tunable Metamaterials............................................................24 Nonlinear and Tunable Metamaterials..................................................................33 RF and Microwave Metamaterials I.......................................................................34 Transformation Optics I..........................................................................................36 Tuesday, 18th September Transformation Optics and Cloaking......................................................................37 Homogenization I....................................................................................................39 Tunable Metamaterials...........................................................................................40 Poster session II: Microwave and Terahertz Metamaterials................................................................42 Metamaterial Based Sensors I...............................................................................50 RF and Microwave Metamaterials II.......................................................................51 Quantum Aspects of Metamaterials I......................................................................53 Transformation Optics II.........................................................................................55 Homogenization II..................................................................................................56 Quantum Aspects of Metamaterials II.....................................................................58 Metamaterial Based Sensors II..............................................................................59 THz and Microwave Metamaterials I......................................................................60 Chiral Metamaterials I............................................................................................62 1 Metamaterials 2012 Table of Contents Wednesday, 19th September Imaging Using Metamaterials.................................................................................63 THz and Microwave Metamaterials II....................................................................65 Novel Concepts I...................................................................................................66 Graphene-Based Metamaterials............................................................................67 THz and Microwave Metamaterials III...................................................................69 Slow Light and 3D Metamaterials...........................................................................70 Optical Metamaterials I..........................................................................................72 THz and Microwave Metamaterials IV...................................................................73 Transformation Optics III.......................................................................................75 Plenary sessions....................................................................................................76 Thursday, 20th September Plasmonic Metamaterials.......................................................................................77 Chiral Metamaterials II...........................................................................................78 Unconventional Metamaterials..............................................................................79 Poster session III: Towards Applications.............................................................................................80 Active and Low-Loss Metamaterials I....................................................................87 Chiral Metamaterials III..........................................................................................88 Novel Concepts II..................................................................................................90 Active and Low-Loss Metamaterials II....................................................................91 Quantum and Chiral Metamaterials.......................................................................93 Complex Electromagnetic Materials.......................................................................94 Optical Metamaterials II.........................................................................................96 Plasmonic Components and Devices.....................................................................97 Novel Concepts III.................................................................................................98 Venue Map................................................................................................................................................101 Session Matrix.........................................................................................................................................102 2 St.St. Petersburg,Petersburg, RussiaRussia Sponsors and Exhibitors International Union of Radio Science www.ursi.org Rohde & Schwarz Institute of Electrical www.rohde-schwarz.ru and Electronics Engineers www.ieee.org IEEE Antennas and Propagation IOP Publishing Society www.publishing.iop.org www.ieeeaps.org European Physical Society www.eps.org Offi ce of Naval Research Global www.onr.navy.mil Optical Society of America www.osa.org Imperial College Press Elsevier www.icpress.co.uk www.elsevier.com Cambridge University Press Foundation Dynasty www.cambridge.org www.dynastyfdn.com The Ministry of education AIST-NT and science www.aist-nt.com of The Russian Federation www.mon.gov.ru OPTEC American Elements www.optecgroup.com www.americanelements.com 3 Metamaterials 2012 Foreword With our great pleasure we welcome you to the 6th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (Metamaterials 2012) in the great Russian city of St. Petersburg. This event is organised by the Virtual Institute for Artifi cial Electromagnetic Materials and Metamaterials (Metamorphose VI) jointly with the National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO) and St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University (ETU). The Congress series, initiated by the European Network of Excellence Metamorphose, is widely recognised as the prime event in the metamaterial community. Owing to the multidisciplinary nature of artifi cial electromagnetic materials, the Congress brings together researchers and engineers working in material science and electromagnetic theory, optics and microwaves, physics of solids and acoustics, nanofabrication and device design. This provides a unique forum for presenting the latest results in the explosively expanding fi elds of metamaterials and their applications. The good traditions of the Congress, established by its preceding editions, held in Rome (2007), Pamplona (2008), London (2009), Karlsruhe (2010) and Barcelona (2011), will be further strengthened and developed by the St. Petersburg event. The Congress programme covers a broad range of research in artifi cial electromagnetic materials and surfaces for radio, microwave, terahertz, and optical frequencies. The progress in acoustic, superconductor
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