"Landscapes of light – complex ordered and disordered photonic lattices for creating artificial and biophotonic structured matter"

"Photonic lattices are created by the inference of light in a complex way, and therefore represent an enabling technology for diverse applications as trapping atoms or optically tweezing nanoparticles, patterning in holographic lithography, and creating artificial matter as photonic crystals. In my presentation, I will show that by tailoring complex light landscapes as e.g. nondiffracting, self-similar or vortex-bearing light fields, or by randomizing these light fields, the next generation of artificial functional materials can be created as well as novel light routing and localization schemes can take place in these optically-created structures. Moreover, these light fields open new horizons in optical micromanipulation of artificial and biophybrid nanorobots."