Nanosources based on inelastic electron tunneling (IET) in metal-insulator-metal junctions (MIMs) have been known to emit radiation since the 1970s with the work of Lambe & McCarthy. They have gained attention recently due to reports of enhanced electron-to-photon conversion efficiencies with optical antennas. The purpose of this workshop is to explore the physical basis for the generation of optical excitations (photons and plasmons) in out-of-equilibrium tunneling junctions operating at high bias (a few volts) in a dissipative environment. The reverse process—the effect of light on electron tunneling in such junctions—will also be discussed.

Dates: Monday, March 3 (9:00 a.m.) to Tuesday, March 4 (5 p.m.)

Location: amphithéâtre Blandin, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Saclay, bâtiment 510, Orsay

Invited speakers:

- Carles Altimiras (SPEC, CEA-Saclay, France)

- Rémi Avriller (LOMA, Bordeaux, France)

- Wolfgang Belzig (University of Konstanz, Germany)

- Alexandre Bouhelier (ICB, Dijon, France)

- Adeline Crepieux (CPT, Marseille, France)

- Juan Carlos Cuevas Rodriguez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)

- Jean-Jacques Greffet (LCF, Palaiseau, France)

- Éric Le Moal (ISMO, Orsay, France)

- Tomas Neuman (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)

- Christian Nijhuis (University of Twente, Netherlands)

- Lukas Novotny (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

- Bertrand Reulet (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)

- Anna Rosławska (MPI, Stuttgart, Germany)

Organizers:

Elizabeth Boer-Duchemin (ISMO, Orsay) & Julien Gabelli (LPS, Orsay)