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Monday 14	Tuesday 15	Wednesday 16
Workshop on Metamaterials	YSMM (Day I)	YSMM (Day II)
Workshop on Metamaterials	Session I (9:00) Session II (11:00) Session III (15:00) Session IV (16:50)	Session V (9:00) Session VI (11:20) Session VII (15:00)

Monday February 14	International Workshop on Metamaterials Chairman: Alejandro Martínez
9:00 - 9:30	Registration
9:30 - 10:00	Opening Ceremony
10:00 - 10:45	Mário G. Silveirinha "Metamaterials: manipulating the electromagnetic field in a subwavelength spatial scale"
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00	Ricardo Marqués "Bulk resonant ring metamaterials"
12:00 - 12:45	Ferran Martín "Recent advances on the applications of artificial lines based on split rings"
12:45 - 13:30	Alexander V. Kildishev "Active Nanoplasmonics: Experimental and Numerical Studies at Purdue"
13:30 - 15:00	Lunch Break
15:00 - 15:45	Mario Sorolla "Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Metamaterials and Devices based upon Extraordinary Transmission"
15:45 - 16:30	José Sánchez-Dehesa "Metamaterials based on Phononic and Photonic Crystals"
16:30 - 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 - 17:45	Anatoly Zayats "Plasmonic nanorod metamaterials"
17:45 - 18:30	Thomas Philbin "Geometry and Ligth: Recipes for Remarkable Metamaterial Devices"
18:30	Closing Ceremony

Tuesday February 15	4th Young Scientist Meeting on Metamaterials Day I
Session I: Computational Methods, Modeling and Optimization Chairman: Vicente Boria
8:30 - 9:00	Registration
9:00 - 9:20	Automated parameter extractor for metamaterial transmission lines based on Complementary Split Ring Resonators (CSRRs) Jordi Selga¹, Ana Rodríguez ², Vicente E. Boria² and Ferran Martín¹ ¹: GEMMA/CIMITEC, Dept. Eng. Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,²: Dpto. Comunicaciones-iTEAM, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia
9:20 - 9:40	Analysis of the transfer function of split-ring metamaterial slabs J.M.Algarín^*, M.J.Freire, and R.Marqués Department of Electronics and Electromagnetism, University of Seville
9:40 - 10:00	A More Robust Approach for the Automated Synthesis of Artificial Transmission Lines Combining Aggressive Space Mapping with Line Search Ana Rodríguez¹, Jordi Selga², Ferran Martín² and Vicente E. Boria¹ ¹: GEMMA/CIMITEC, Dept. Eng. Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,²: Dpto. Comunicaciones-iTEAM, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia
10:00 - 10:20	Efficient characterization of the effective response of complex shaped double wire medium structures João T. Costa^*, Mário G. Silveirinha Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Coimbra
10:20 - 11:00	Coffee Break
Session II: Microwave Metamaterials Chairman: Ferrán Martín
11:00 - 11:40	Application of dispersion engineering to the optimization of RFID tags Jordi Bonache CIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
11:40 - 12:00	Tri-band Dual CRLH Transmission Line Using Dumbbell-Shaped DGS and Stub E. Abdo-Sánchez^*, J.A. Fernández-Segovia, T. M. Martín-Guerrero, and C. Camacho-Peñalosa Departamento de Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, Universidad de Málaga
12:00 - 12:20	Oversized waveguides for multiple local quasi-TEM waves using hard surfaces E. Alfonso^*, A. Valero-Nogueira, J.I. Herranz and D. Sánchez-Escuderos iTeAM, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
12:20 - 12:40	Analysis of Composite Left/Right-Handed Transmission Line Using Shunt Wire Bonded Interdigital Capacitors J.J. Sánchez-Martínez^*, E. Márquez-Segura, and C. Camacho-Peñalosa Departamento de Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, E.T.S.I. de Telecomunicación, Universidad de Málaga.
12:40 - 13:00	Isotropic and anisotropic constitutive parameters in two-dimensional photonic crystals under the long-wavelength limit J. Carbonell^*¹, J. Sánchez-Dehesa¹, J. Arriaga², L. Gumen³, A. Krokhin⁴ ¹: Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Grupo Fenómenos Ondulatorios (GFO), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, ²: Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, ³: Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, ⁴: University of North Texas
13:00 - 13:20	Stepped Impedance Shunt Stubs (SISS): Analysis and Potential Applications in Planar Metamaterials Jordi Naqui, Miguel Durán-Sindreu, Jordi Bonache and Ferran Martín CIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
13:20 - 13:40	Influence of geometry, birefringence and thickness of liquid crystal layer on behavior of multilayered U-shape metamaterial structure Rafal Kowerdziej¹, Janusz Parka ^1,2, Marek Olifierczuk¹ ¹:Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology, ²: Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology.
13:40 - 15:00	Lunch Break
Session III: Metamaterials and Extraordinary Optical Transmission Chairman: Mario Sorolla
15:00 - 15:40	Sculpting metals for anomalous transmission phenomena, complex waves and negative refractive metamaterials: underlying physics and applications Miguel Navarro-Cía Millimeter and Terahertz Waves Laboratory, Universidad Pública de Navarra
15:40 - 16:00	Extraordinary Transmission through Metamaterials Arrays at THz Frequencies R. Ortuño^*, C. García-Meca, J.F. Rodríguez-Fortuño, J. Martí and A. Martínez Nanophotonics Technology Center, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
16:00 - 16:20	Extraordinary transmission in semitransparent screens with a periodic distribution of defects V. Delgado^*¹, R. Marqués¹, and L. Jelinek² ¹: Dpt. of Electronics and Electromagnetics, Univ. of Seville,²: Dpt.of Electromagnetic Field, Czech Technical University
16:20 - 16:50	Coffee Break
Session IV: Transformation Optics Chairman: Thomas Philbin
16:50 - 17:20	Perfect focusing and perfect imaging with positive refraction Pablo Benítez, Juan C. Miñano, Juan C. Gonzalez Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
17:20 - 17:40	Non-imaging Transformation optics: light traps and cat's eyes Ludmila J. Prokopeva^*1,2, Evgenii E. Narimanov¹, Xingjie Ni¹, Jan Trieschmann¹and Alexander V. Kildishev¹ ¹: Birck Nanotechnology Center, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University,²: Institute for Computational Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences.
17:40 - 18:00	Flat and reflectionless solid immersion lens based on transformation optics C. García-Meca^*, R. Ortuño, F. J. Rodríguez-Fortuño, J. Martí, and A. Martínez Nanophotonics Technology Center, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
18:00 - 20:30	Social event
20:30	Gala dinner

Wednesday February 16	4th Young Scientist Meeting on Metamaterials Day II
Session V: Antenna Applications Chairman: Mario Silveirinha
9:00 - 9:40	EBG Structures Application in Antennas Field and Reflecting Surfaces J.C. Iriarte Antenna Group, Electric and Electronic Engineering Department, Public University of Navarra
9:40 - 10:00	Gain Improvement of Dual Band Patch Antenna Based on Complementary Rectangular Split-Ring Resonators N. Ortiz, F. Falcone, and M. Sorolla Millimeter Wave Laboratory, Public University of Navarra
10:00 - 10:20	A Simple Model for an Active CRLH-TL Leaky-Wave Antenna Joaquín José España Navarro^*, Carlos Camacho Peñalosa Departamento de Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, E.T.S. Ingeniería de Telecomunicación, Universidad de Málaga
10:20 - 10:40	Dual-Frequency Self-Diplexed Single Patch Antenna Loaded with Split-Ring Resonators Javier Montero-de-Paz^*, Eduardo Ugarte-Muñoz, Francisco Javier Herraiz-Martínez, and Daniel Segovia-Vargas Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
10:40 - 11:20	Coffee Break
Session VI: Plasmonic Metamaterials Chairman: Alejandro Martínez
11:20 - 11:40	Calculation of the Optical Properties of Ag Nanoparticle/Polycarbonate Nanocomposite A. Ziaeemehr^*1, R. Poursalehi ² ¹: Department of Physics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University,²: Department of Physics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Shahed University.
11:40 - 12:00	Collective plasmon modes and negative refraction in metallodielectric nanostructures Christos Tserkezis^{* 1}, Nikolaos Stefanou¹, and Nikolaos Papanikolaou² ¹: Section of Solid State Physics, University of Athens, ²: Institute of Microelectronics, NCSR "Demokritos"
12:00 - 12:20	Experiment-Fitted Time-Domain Models for Gain and Plasmonic Materials: Towards Active Nanoplasmonics Jan Trieschmann^{* 1,2}, Ludmila J. Prokopeva^1,3, Vladimir P. Drachev¹, and Alexander V. Kildishev¹ ¹: Birck Nanotechnology Center, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, ²: Institute for Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum, ³: Institute for Computational Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences.
12:20 - 12:40	Chemical sensor using the localized surface plasmon resonance of arrayed gold nanocrosses F. J. Rodríguez-Fortuño^*, M. Martínez-Marco, B. Tomás-Navarro, R. Ortuño, A. Martínez and P. J. Rodríguez-Cantó Nanophotonics Technology Center, Universitat Politècnica de València
12:40 - 13:00	Nonlocal Effects in the Optical Response of Plasmonic Nanostructures Christin David^*, F. Javier García de Abajo Instituto de Óptica – CSIC
13:00 - 13:20	Semicontinuous 3-D Films: Fabrication and Footprint Modeling Piotr Nyga^{* 1,2}, Mark D. Thoreson^1,3, Jieran Fang¹, Alexander. V. Kildishev¹, Lyudmila J. Prokopeva⁴, Uday. K. Chettiar^1,5, Vladimir. M. Shalaev¹, and Vladimir P. Drachev¹ ¹: Birck Nanotechnology Center and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, ²: Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, ³: Erlangen Graduate School for Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, ⁴: Institute for Computational Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences, ⁵: University of Pennsylvania
13:20 - 13:40	Electromagnetic Waves Diffraction on Metal-Dielectric Nanodipole Over Substrate in Optic Range E.V. Golovacheva, A.M. Lerer, A.B. Klehschenkov So Fed Univ, Rostov Na Donu, Russia
13:40 - 14:00	Magnetic metamaterials in the Visible Range based on nano-hoops and nano-squares M. Lorente-Crespo^*, F.J. Rodríguez-Fortuño, R. Ortuño, C. García-Meca, and A. Martínez Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
14:00 - 15:00	Lunch Break
Session VII: Acoustic Metamaterials Chairman: José Sánchez-Dehesa
15:00 - 15:40	Two Dimensional Acoustic Metamaterials Daniel Torrent Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
15:40 - 16:00	Sound Focusing by Gradient index Sonic lenses Alfonso Climente^*, Daniel Torrent Marti and José Sánchez-Dehesa Grupo de Fenómenos Ondulatorios, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
16:00 - 16:20	Attenuation of broadband noise by sonic crystal barriers made of absorptive materials Víctor M. García-Chocano^* and José Sánchez-Dehesa Grupo de Fenómenos Ondulatorios, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
16:20 - 16:40	Effective parameters of clusters of elastic cylinders embedded in a viscous liquid E. Reyes-Ayona, D. Torrent and José Sánchez-Dehesa Grupo de Fenómenos Ondulatorios, Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universitat Politècnica de València
16:40	Closing Ceremony

Workshop on Metamaterials and 4th Young Scientist Meeting on Metamaterials (YSMM 2011)

14-16 February 2011. Valencia, Spain

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