Nanophotonic metamaterials - elemental base of the next photonic revolution

• Achieving new optical functionality by nanostructuring - from photonic crystal to nanostructures surfaces <br/>• Optical negative index materials<br/>- towards optical instruments of unprecedented resolution Plasmons<br/>- new information carrier in metal nanostructures<br/><br/>• Controlling signals on the nanoscale <br/>- towards the new level of photonic integration <br/>• Numbering micro-objects - a billion of different nanophotonic tags