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Het FOM-Instituut voor Atoom- en Molecuulfysica Amolf opent vandaag een onderzoekslab voor nanofotonica.In het Centrum voor Nanofotonica gaan meer dan veertig researchers samenwerken, met de Amsterdamse organisatie.

Nanofotonica staat binnen de nanowetenschappen nog in de kinderschoenen, maar onderzoekers verwachten er veel van. Het vakgbied bestudeert het opwekken, manipuleren, opslaan en versterken van licht op lengteschalen kleiner dan de golflengte van het licht. Een mogelijke toepassing is het snel schakelen met licht in netwerken.

Amolf wil met het nieuwe instituut ‘een leidende internationale rol spelen’. Albert Polman heeft de leiding over de Amsterdamse research, Jaime Gómez Rivas leidt de groep aan de Eindhovense High Tech Campus.

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FOM initiates Center for Nanophotonics in Amsterdam

The Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) has established a Center for Nanophotonics at the FOM Institute AMOLF in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In this Center, over 40 researchers will collaborate in a large-scale research program on nanophotonics. One of the Center’s research groups is stationed at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven to enable efficient knowledge transfer.

Nanophotonics is the research field that studies the generation, manipulation, storage, and amplification of light at length scales that are typically smaller than the wavelength of light. Within the nanosciences, nanophotonics is a research field that is still in its infancy. Yet, it is expected that within 10 years nanophotonic technology can have the same impact on our society as micro-electronics has today. By establishing the center, The Netherlands can play a leading international role in establishing the nanophotonics research field.

Applications of nanophotonics include communications technology, lasers, solid-state lighting, data storage, lithography, (bio-)sensors, optical computers, solar cells, light-activated medical therapies, displays, smart materials. Because of the importance of these applications there is large interest from industry in fundamental research and innovations in the area of nanophotonics.

The Center’s scientific group leaders are: Prof Albert Polman (head), Dr Jaime Gómez Rivas, Prof Kobus Kuipers, Prof Ad Lagendijk, Dr Jan Verhoeven, and Prof Willem Vos.

The Center’s official opening took place on April 7, 2005

Source: High Tech Campus Eindhoven - News