Jerome Wenger NanoBioPhotonics

Recently released in International Journal of Optics, this study describes how to show enlarged values of fluorescence enhancement factor using optical (plasmonic) antennas without changing the antenna design. The discussion here focuses on the influence of excitation intensity, reference quantum yield and collection efficiency. Some general formulas are given, which should help avoid some confusions.

To my knowledge, this is also the first reference of Didier Wampas in a research article. Enjoy!

Deep Punj and Kumar Saurav recently joined the team at the Fresnel Institute. It's a great pleasure for us to welcome them.

Edouard Branly in his office, circa 1932

80 years later... JW in Edouard Branly's office, after the Branly prize award.

See the funny detail in the painting by Branly's daughter, you can see Branly taking Zeus lightnings

Edouard Branly's intruments have been collected in his old laboratory and office, which is now a small museum located in the Institut Superieur d'Electronique de Paris ISEP. If you pass by, the visit is interesting, especially the Faraday's cage room all covered by copper.

In late 2012, several job offers in nano-optics and biophotonics were posted. See the call webpage here. Several positions have been filled now, I am delighted to welcome new young scientists in the coming weeks.

Positions still open:

PhD position NanoVista : Nanophotonics inside CMOS biosensors

Contractual researcher ExtendFRET : Förster resonance energy transfer & surface chemistry

Key benefits from Fresnel - Marseille:

* ambitious innovative research, projects were selected by most prestigious national and european grants.

* state-of-the-art equipment resources & know-how

* close mentorship from a senior CNRS researcher

* long-term career visibility, contracts have several years duration

* full social advantages from being employed by French CNRS

* South France quality of life: sun, see, mountains & food

Positions filled:

DONE PhD ExtendFRET : Extended fluorescence energy transfer with nanophotonics

DONE PhD Twins : Theoretical / numerical research in plasmonics and optical antennas

DONE PostDoc ExtendFRET : Plasmonic circuits design & simulations

DONE PostDoc Twins : Design of optical antennas for enhancing light-matter interaction at the nanometer scale

DONE PostDoc NanoVista : Enhanced detection of single fluorescent molecules with plasmonic antennas

There were ISO900X, CE compliance, now there is "ACS certification".

I got that "diploma" in my mailbox yesterday, as many of my peers I presume... Waoooooouh