26: Jen Dionne - The light at the end of the tunnel

Jen Dionne from Stanford University is the first guest of 2017! We focus on optical metamaterials -- engineered materials whose nanoscale architecture enables exotic interactions with light. We explore technological possibilities ranging from improved drug manufacturing to computing with photons (instead of electrons). We also learn what motivates Jen, how she picks scientific problems, and whether or not she's a superhero. (Recorded on December 8, 2016)

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Show Notes:

• Jen Dionne

• Science Vs Podcast

• Sam Stein - "The Improbable World of Jennifer Dionne"

• Wikipedia - Nanophotonics

• Michal Lipson at Columbia University

• Marko Loncar at Harvard University

• Rajkumar Jakkaraju - "RC Delay – Bottleneck to Scaling"

• Neil Savage - "Intel Brings Integrated Silicon Optics Closer"

• Sebastian Anthony - "IBM Creates First Cheap, Commercially Viable, Electronic-Photonic Integrated Chip"

• Computer History Museum - "The Traitorous Eight"

• Computer History Museum - "Invention of the 'Planar' Manufacturing Process"

• IBM Research – "Zurich Uses Nanowires to Build Transistors of the Future"

• Thomas Vandervelde - "Beyond Invisibility: Engineering Light with Metamaterials"

• Harry Atwater at Caltech

• Wikipedia - Enantiomers, homochirality

• Rachel Brazil - "The Origin of Homochirality"

• Wikipedia - Photolithography, e-beam lithography, focused ion beam, nanoimprint lithography

• Federico Capasso at Harvard University

• Vladimir Shalaev at Purdue University

• Mark Brongersma at Stanford University