Ad70

Ad70

Bill took part in a special symposium to mark the 70th birthday of the Dutch physicist Ad Lagendijk. The event, Ad70, was held at the University of Twente in the Netherlands on Thursday June 28, 2018This was a wonderful meeting full of excellent science and good...
QED-M2 workshop (Paris)

QED-M2 workshop (Paris)

Bill Barnes at QED-M2, a specialist two day international workshop hosted at the College de France, Paris, by Prof. Thomas Ebbesen, on June 18-19, 2018This was an outstanding two day workshop that brought together speakers from as far as Japan and the US. The picture...
Workshop (SCOM2018)

Workshop (SCOM2018)

Kishan Menghrajani and Bill Barnes at SCOM18. Kishan presented some of his work on vibrational coupling.Bill was one of the founding organizers of the SCOM workshop series, and this workshop in Eindhoven was a major meeting for discussion on the topics covered by...
Diamond

Diamond

Henry Fernandez and Bill Barnes spent the day at the Diamond Light source (a synchrotron in the UK) to carry out come circular dichroism measurements. We are working with Dan Pantos and Dora Rasadean (University of Bath) to explore chrial dye molecules for both weak...
Hybrid Polaritonics

Hybrid Polaritonics

I have joined a UK project, “Hybrid Polaritonics” as an advisor. This EPSRC-funded programme grant is devoted to using excitons from organic and inorganic origins. My first meeting was in Sheffield, so an early start before sunrise. A very impressive project so far,...
Special Issue

Special Issue

Special issue of ACS Photonics published today, “Strong Coupling of Molecules to Cavities”. Together with Francisco Garcia Vidal and Javier Aizpurua I guest-edited this special issue, based on the workshop we held in San Sebastian, SCOM16. The special issue can be...