OBJECTIVES
Photonics, the science and technology of generation, transport, processing and detection of light, drives a large amount of industrial activity, mainly devoted to information technology, telecommunications, environmental monitoring and biomedical science and instrumentation.
This field benefits from the nanotechnology revolution and has been strongly renewed recently with the introduction of nanoscale concepts. The new prospects include nanostructured materials with original or improved opto-electronic properties, single quantum devices or light sources, nanolasers, and near-field optical techniques with developments towards applications in material analysis as well as in high-density data storage.
Organic materials recently appeared as key components in photonic devices such as light-emitting diodes, integrated lasers, or photovoltaic cells. The role played by organics in electronics and photonics has been recently recognized with the Nobelprize award to Shirakawa, McDiarmid and Heeger.
Organic molecular systems also offer unique opportunities in nanophotonics since both top-down and bottom-up strategies can be pursued towards the nanoscale.
Physical approaches consist in down-scaling the patterning of materials in order to build either single nanoobjects (e.g. nanolasers) or nanostructured materials (e.g. organic photonic band gap materials, donor-acceptor blends for photovoltaics).
Conversely chemical approaches consist in building increasingly large molecules up to the nanoscale domain (e.g. self-assembling molecules, carbon nanotubes, dendrimers, engineered DNA), thus permitting an atomic-scale control of material architecture.
One main goal of this workshop is to define routes towards organic nanophotonics taking advantage of both top-down and bottom-up techniques in order to bridge the gap between these two converging approaches. More generally, this workshop will constitute a forum aimed at evaluating the potentials and outlooks of molecularbased nanotechnologies in photonic sciences and technologies, with eminent scientists from all the different concerned fields. Finally, this Advanced Research
Workshop will contribute to the formation of a scientific community involved in the novel emerging research area of organic nanophotonics.

TOPICS
Molecular and supra-molecular engineering for photonic applications:
- Dendrimers,
- Engineered DNA,
- Self-assembly, (...)
Nanostructured organic materials for photonics and optics
- Light Emitting Devices,
- Photovoltaics,
- Photonic-band-gap Materials, (...)
New nanoscale photonic characterization techniques
- Near-field Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy,
- Scanning Tunneling Luminescence, (...)
Single nanoscale photonic devices and quantum objects
- Nanolasers,
- Single-molecule light sources, (...)
SPONSORED BY:
Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique (CEA)
LIST – Recherche Technologique
DRECAM – Sciences de la matière

CO-CHAIRS
V. Agranovitch , Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
F. Charra , DSM, CEA, Saclay, France
F. Kajzar , DRT, CEA, Saclay, France
LOCAL ORGANISATION COORDINATOR
P.A. Chollet , DRT, CEA, Saclay, France
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
V. Agranovitch , Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
F. Charra , DSM, CEA, Saclay, France
F. Kajzar , DRT, CEA, Saclay, France
N.V. Kamanina , Vavilov State Optical Institute (GOI), St Petersburg, Russia
P.N. Prasad , SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA
C. Taliani , CNR, Bologna, Italy
PRELIMINARY LIST OF INVITED SPEAKERS
R.H. Baughman , Nanotechnology research institute, Dallas, TX, USA
R. Berndt , University of Kiel, Germany
A. Bräuer , Fraunhofer Institute, Jena, Germany
E.M. Conwell , University of Rochester, NY, USA
S. Forrest , Princeton University, NJ, USA
A.J. Heeger , University of Santa Barbara, CA, USA
N.V. Kamanina , Vavilov State Optical Institute (GOI), St Petersburg, Russia
C. Lee , AFOSR, USA
D.A. Leigh , University of Edinburgh, UK
T.J. Marks , University of Evanston IL, USA
O. Neilands , Technical University of Riga, Latvia
I. Petkov , Univ Sofia, Bulgaria
P.N. Prasad , SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA
P. Reineker , University of ULM, Germany
V. Sandoghdar , ETH Zurich, Switzerland
C. Taliani , CNR, Bologna, Italy
Y.I. Vertsimakha , NASU, Kiev, Ukraine
J.T. Yardley , Columbia Nanocenter, NY, USA
A.A. Zakhidov , University of Texas, Dallas, TX, USA
F. Zerbetto , University of Bologna, Italy
J. Zyss , ENS Cachan, France
WEB SITE : http://www-drecam.cea.fr/spcsi/organano/index.htm

ACCOMODATIONS
The symposium will be held in Aix-en-Provence (web: http://www.aixenprovencetourism.com/ ). It is close (20 miles) to the international airport of Marseille-Provence where many flights are available from Paris and the major towns of France and Europe. In addition, many very fast trains (TGV) are running within three hours from Paris city center (Gare de Lyon) and also from Parisairport (Charles de Gaulle) to Aix-en-Provence city center. The symposium will be homed in Hotel Aquabella (web: http://www.reunir.com/fiche.asp?doss=1946&lg=EN) which is located in a very nice and very quiet location in the city center of Aix. The whole hotel (conference room , restaurant and bedrooms) is air-conditioned.
Aix-en-Provence, the ancient capital of Provence in the south part of France, is a charming old town entirely built in the 17 th and 18 th century and well preserved since.
The heritage of Aix-en-Provence is composed of ancient mansions, churches and classical monuments. Its climate is mediterranean, very sunny and with warm and dry summers. At the end of august, the temperature is decreasing and very agreable
(maxima~32°C, minima~21°C). For musically inclined people, Aix is very famous for its opera festival (taking place in July and beginning of August).
The neighbourhoods of Aix reveal splendid landscapes (Luberon mountains) and also a very rich civilization starting from the roman period (1 st century BC) until the much more recent 18 th century. During all this period, splendid monuments were built. The major towns which can be reached by train within an hour and a half are:
 Arles, (where one can admire the roman theatre and the roman arenas),
 Avignon which was the pope town from the 14 th century until the beginning of the 15 th century, where stands intact the pope palace,
 Orange, another antique city, famous for its intact roman theatre seating more than 8000 people, still used for international opera performances in July and
August.
 Nîmes, which was the Roman capital of this part of France (Gallia in Latin language) where one can admire, also in perfect state, roman arenas and a marvelous roman temple.
 St Remy de Provence, vestiges of a roman city (Glanum)
 Pont du Gard (one of the best preserved roman aqueducts)
Registration fees : they include conference fees, coffee breaks, and half-board accommodation from afternoon August 25 (dinner included) to noon August 29 (4 overnights).
Single room:
€ 500 (Euro) before May 31 st , 2002, and € 550 (Euro) later.
Double room : € 400 (Euro) before May 31 st , 2002, and € 450 (Euro) later.

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Abstract submission
If you wish to make a communication, please send an abstract (1 page including figures, Times Roman 12) before March 31 st , 2002, preferably by e-mail
(nanophotonics@cea.fr). The acceptation of your communication (oral or poster) will be notified to you before April 30 th , 2002.