Section I: Influence of metallic nanoparticles on luminescence of ions in solids 1. Metal-dielectric composites based on germanate and tellurite glasses 2. Enhanced luminescence due to plasmonic coupling by metal nanoparticles
Section II: Near and far-field optical phenomena associated and/or influenced by metallic nanoparticles 3. Nonlinear optics with metal-dielectric nanocomposites 4. High-order nonlinearities of metal-colloids 5. Optical Response of Nanostructures: from Pure to Alloyed Metals 6. Second harmonic generation with metallic nanoparticles 7. Plasmonic nanostructures for linear and non-linear quantum elements
Section III: Photonic materials and devices with improved performance influenced by metallic nanoparticles 8. Fabrication of metal dielectric nanocomposites by ion-implantation and characterization by nonlinear optics techniques 9. Nanostructuring solar cells using metallic nanoparticles 10. Plasmonics for the characterization of metal organic films and nanoparticles 11. Biopolymers-metal composite 12. Pedestal doped waveguides for infrared light amplification