International Workshop on ‘Near-field Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy’

About this event

• This multidisciplinary event will bring together researchers working on optical nano-imaging and nano-spectroscopy with applications in a range of systems from solid state to biology. Techniques such as s-SNOM, nanoFTIR, AFM-IR and other tip-enhanced methods will be discussed
• The event will include an optional demonstration of the equipment and capabilities in the new Near-field Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Centre (NOSC) in Sheffield
• The full day workshop will comprise of six invited talks, several contributed talks and a poster session

When and where

Tuesday, 12 September 2023 (pm) – s-SNOM and nano-FTIR equipment and experiment demonstration

• Demonstration by Neaspec/Attocube and Sheffield staff of the new Near-field Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Centre (NOSC) at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
• 30-60 minute slots will be available between 13:00 and 18:00
• You can indicate if you would like to attend a demonstration when you register
• Venue – Department of Physics & Astronomy, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield,  S3 7RH, UK

Wednesday, 13 September 2023 (full day) – Workshop 

• The workshop will comprise of six invited talks, several contributed talks and a poster session
• Venue – Inox, level 5, Students Union Building, Durham Road, Sheffield S10 2TG, UK

Invited speakers

• Rainer Hillenbrand – CIC nanoGUNE
• Jessica Boland – The University of Manchester, “Exposing the dielectric function of low-dimensional quantum materials at the nanoscale via near-field MIR/THz spectroscopy”
• Nathaniel J. Huáng – NPL, “Advanced probing of light-matter interaction at nanoscale for quantum optoelectronics”
• Alexey Kuzmenko – University of Geneva, “Cryogenic s-SNOM studies of oxide heterostructures”
• Chris Phillips – Imperial College London, “s-SNOM Nanoscale chemical imaging of biological specimens”
• Jin-Chong Tan – University of Oxford, “Near-field nanoanalytics of tuneable metal-organic frameworks”

Contributed talks 

• Lars Mester – Attocube
• Alexander Knight – University of Sheffield
• Thomas Siday – University of Oxford, “Ultrafast nano-imaging and spectroscopy of carrier dynamics within metal halide perovskites”
• Lucy Hale – ETH Zürich, “Near-field spectroscopy of high Q modes in individual asymmetric split-ring Terahertz resonators”

Programme

• To be confirmed shortly
• If you would like to present, please contact Alexander Tartakovskii a.tartakovskii@sheffield.ac.uk

Poster abstract submission

• Abstracts should be a single sheet of A4, sent in PDF or Word document format.  Please ensure you include a list of authors, affiliations and a corresponding author email
• Please submit your abstract to s.greenhough@sheffield.ac.uk
• Deadline – 24 July 2023

Registration

• Online Registration is now open
• Fee – student rate 30 GBP, non-student rate 50 GBP (includes refreshments & lunch)
• Participants can register and pay the fee (by debit/credit card) on the University of Sheffield’s online store
• The University On-line Store works in the same way as any other on-line store (Amazon, Play, etc)
• You will receive an email confirmation of your payment (once the credit/debit card payment is successfully processed)
• Cancellations and Refunds – delegates may cancel their registration at any time but please note that all refunds will be subject to the University of Sheffield’s standard T&C’s, see here

Conference sponsors

This event is supported by the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/V007696/1]

Contact

• Alexander Tartakovskii – a.tartakovskii@sheffield.ac.uk
• Sally Greenhough – s.greenhough@sheffield.ac.uk

Organising committee

• Alexander Tartakovskii, Jamie Hobbs, Cornelia Rodenburg, Julia Weinstein, Alexander Knight, Sally Greenhough

Key dates

• Abstract submission deadline – Monday, 24 July 2023
• Online registration closes – Friday, 8 September 2023
• Optional demonstration – Tuesday, 12 September 2023 (pm) 
• Full day workshop – Wednesday, 13 September 2023 (full day)