Industry Day first for SouthamptonÃÆââÃâìâÃââs Centre for Photonic Metamaterials
Southamptonââ¬â¢s Centre for Photonic Metamaterials held its first Industry Open Day on Sept 13th at the ORCââ¬â¢s renowned Mountbatten Building research facility.
The day showcased emerging technologies and application opportunities presented by metamaterials across the photonics domain. It featured talks from distinguished keynote speakers; Profs. Nader Engheta (University of Pennsylvania, USA) and Ian Youngs (DSTL, UK); the Director of Southampton's metamaterials programme Prof. Nikolay Zheludev (Deputy Director, ORC); and a number of senior researchers from the Centre for Photonic Metamaterials.
Nikolay explained: ââ¬ÅThe Centre for Photonic Metamaterials is developing the materials upon which the next photonic revolution will be based ââ¬â media with extraordinary properties and functionalities achieved through structuring at the sub-wavelength scale.
ââ¬ÅOur work is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and events like this increase engagement of the UKââ¬â¢s world-leading research base in this field with industry ââ¬â a primary aim. Weââ¬â¢ve had an excellent response to our first Industry Day and look forward to building on this success.ââ¬Â
Find out more about the Centre for Photonic Metamaterials.
Find out more about Professor Nikolay Zheludev.