EPIOPTICS-12 
NANOLUM-3 
24 - 29 July 2012 

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF 
SOLID STATE PHYSICS 


57th Course/School: EPIOPTICS-12 "Rodolfo Del Sole"

3rd NANOLUM SCHOOL

ERICE -  SICILY: 24 - 29 July 2012
GALILEO GALILEI FOUNDATION
WORLD FEDERATION OF SCIENTISTS
ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE - GALILEO GALILEI CELEBRATIONS
Four Hundred Years Since the Birth of MODERN SCIENCE

According to legend, Erice, son of Venus and Neptune, founded a small town on top of a mountain (750 metres above sea level) more than three thousand years ago. The great historian Thucydides (~500 B.C.) said that the Elymi - founders of Erice - were survivors of the destruction of Troy. Ancient historians agreed that Erice was the oldest city in Europe. 

Sponsored by the:



European Physical Society


Italian Ministry of Education


Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research





Sicilian Regional Government


National Research Council

We also put to your attention that in Genova (I) in July -1-6, 2012 there will the 16th edition of the : International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces. The conference will be dedicated to the memory of Rodolfo Del Sole for his outstanding contribution to the field of optical properties of films and surfaces. A special session is devoted to this topic.

The following arguments will be treated during the lectures (TO BE CONFIRMED):



1) Linear optics and surfaces:
Olivia Pulci, UNI Tor Vergata, Italy: Linear optical properties at surfaces
B. Mendoza, CIO, Mexico: Optical Properties of Metamaterials
 
 

2) RAS, Non linear optics and nanostructures:

D.Martin, UNI Liverpool, UK: RAS
T. Heinz, Columbia University, USA: Graphene and Carbon nanotubes optical properties
C. Noguez, UNAM MX: Carbon Nanotubes
 

3) Fast processes:
Norman Tolk, Vanderbilt UNI, USA: Studies using second harmonic generation and coherent acoustic phonons to probe damage, strain and defect concentrations leading to optoelectronic and lattice structure modifications
 
 

4) Raman and Nanophotonics:
D. Zhan, Chemitz University, Germany: Raman, SERS and TERS
 
5) Magnetoptical studies:
J. McGilp, Trinity University, Eire: Linear and nonlinear magnet-optics
T. Rasing, University of Nijmegen, NL: Fs Magneto-optics for thin films
Lamberto Duņ, UNI MI, Italy: Near- and far-field polarization-sensitive optical microscopy
 
6)Instrumentation: From IR-FEL to XFEL
A. Cricenti, ISM-CNR, Rome, Italy: IR-SNOM
G. Margaritondo, EPFL, CH: XFEL
Primoz Rebernik, EPFL, CH: A very simple description of x-ray free electron lasers
7) Special seminars:
P. Weightman, Liverpool University, GB: From real surfaces to the physics of life
 
 
8) Nanolum
J.Gierschner, IMDEA, E: optical and photophysical processes in organic crystals
PM Adam, UTT , F: quantum emitters coupled to metallic nanoparticles
F.Kulzer, UNI Lyon, F: Optical investigation of Single nano-objects
F.Meixner, UNI Tuebingen, D: Tip-Enhanced Near-Optical Microscopy and Optial Spectroscopy with Nanometer Spatial Resolution
M. Fleisher, UNI Tuebingen, D: Lithography and Plasmonics


Other advanced seminars will be included in the final programme

PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL
 

 The school is entitled to Rodolfo Del Sole. The school/workshop will have tutorials in the optical studies of surfaces and interfaces (solid-solid and solid-liquid), epitaxial growth, biomaterials, low-dimensional systems, dynamics and optical diagnostics relevant to new materials and structures of interest for present and anticipated (spin) electronic devices.

GENERAL INFORMATION
 

The Advisory Committee of the "Epioptics-12" school is composed by Professors:

Bernardo Mendoza, Yves Borensztein, Dave Aspnes, John McGilp, Kjeld Pedersen, Norman Tolk, Ola Hunderi, Peter Weightman, Wolfgang Richter, Theo Rasing, Tony Heinz, Michael Downer, Antonio Cricenti

The local committee of the school is composed by: A. Cricenti, Th. Rasing, D. De Fazio, F. Rossi

Persons wishing to attend the School should send an application, preferably by fax or electronic mail, to:
Dr. Antonio Cricenti Istituto di Struttura della Materia - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche- Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100 - 00133 Roma , ITALY  Fax: +39.06.49.93.41.53 
Tel:+39.06.49.93.41.43		 school@ism.cnr.it

antonio@ism.cnr.it

Although no special application form is required, the following information is needed since the number of participants June be limited:



The total fee, which includes full board and lodging (arranged by the School) is € 750. Those wishing to submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation shall send a page in A4 format before June 1st 2012. Accepted abstracts will be notified by June 7th 2012.

Closing date for application June 1st 2012

Admission to the Workshop and acceptance of the abstract will be decided by the Selection Committee of the School comprising Professors G. Benedek, Th. Rasing, A. Cricenti and A. Zichichi.

More detailed information on the final programme of the Workshop, fee payment and local transportation will be sent together with the letter of acceptance.

Participants should arrive in Erice on Tuesday, July 24, no later than 5 p.m. The lectures begin July 25 at
8:30 a.m. and end July 29 at 12:30 a.m. Departure is in the afternoon on Sunday, July 29.


APPLICATION FORM: compile it and send it back by fax or e-mail. (Please use cut&copy)



INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS: how to reach Erice and payment of fee.

See also the list of participants and the scheduled arrivals



SCHOOL FINAL PROGRAM



PROCEEDINGS

The deadline for manuscript submission is on date of arrival.

Manuscripts will be given to the referee during the school.

Written contributions must be prepared in 9"x6" camera-ready format and their length should not exceed 10 pages for invited talks and 6 pages for oral and poster contributions.


For more information see the example files (please choose 'general - Trim size 9.00"x6.00" ') in the World Scientific Web pages at eproceedings.worldscinet.com

POETIC TOUCH
 

According to legend, Erice, son of Venus and Neptune, founded a small town on top of a mountain (750 metres above sea level) more than three thousand years ago. The great historian Thucydides (~500 B.C.) said that the Elymi - founders of Erice - were survivors of the destruction of Troy. Ancient historians agreed that Erice was the oldest city in Europe.

Homer (~1000 B.C.), Theocritus (~300 B.C.), Polybius (~200 B.C.), Virgil (~50 B.C.), Horace (~20 B.C.), and others have celebrated this magnificent spot in Sicily in their poems. In Erice you can admire the Castle of Venus, the Cyclopean Walls (~800 B.C.) and the Gothic Cathedral (~1300 A.D.). Erice is at present a mixture of ancient and medieval architecture.

Other masterpieces of ancient civilization are to be found in the neighbourhood: at Motya (Phoenician), Segesta (Elymian), and Selinunte (Greek). On the Aegadian Islands - theatre of the decisive naval battle of the first Punic War (264-241 B.C.) - suggestive neolithic and paleolithic vestiges are still visible: the grottoes of Favignana, the carvings and murals of Levanzo.

Splendid beaches are at San Vito Lo Capo, Scopello, and Cornino, and a wild and rocky coast around Monte Cofano: all at less than one hour's drive from Erice.



DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE
A. Zichichi		 DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL
G. Benedek		 DIRECTORS OF THE COURSE
A. Cricenti, Th. Rasing