Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH)
Institute of Elecronic structure and Laser (IESL)

Photonic-, Phononic- and Meta- Materials (PPM) Group

Welcome to the web-page of the Photonic, Phononic and Meta- Materials Group of IESL. The research interest of our group is the development and study (mainly theoretical but also experimental) of artificial composite materials for the control of electromagnetic and elastic waves. The present emphasis is mainly on photonic and phononic crystals, on left-handed or negative index materials, on random lasers and on plasmonic materials.

In addition, the study of the electromagnetic and/or elastic wave propagation in composite materials is used for the understanding of the nature, the structure and the behavior of existing materials of considerable importance (such as soft-matter and biological systems).

News

ETOPIM8 conference: Photos available. Manuscript submission due September 30, 2009.

Metamorphose school on "Fabrication and optical properties of nanostructured metamaterials": Lectures available.