Task 1. Study of enhancement of optical responses by SPs
(Noginov, Bonner, Shalaev, Wiesner, Giannelis)
Enhancement of optical gain and absorption by SPs
Enhancement by SP of two-photon absorption (TPA)

Task 2. Study of Enhancement of SPs and SPPs by Optical Gain
(Noginov, Pugh-Thomas, Gavrilenko, Shalaev)
Enhancement of localized SPs by optical gain
Enhancement of propagating surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) by optical gain

Task 3. Study of Nonlinear Magneto-Optical Effects Enhanced by SPs
(Noginova, Bonner, Gavrilenko, Giannelis, Shalaev)

Task 4. Study of Lasers, which Properties are Enhanced by SPs
(Noginov, Mead, Pugh-Thomas, Noginova, Giannelis, Gaeta, Shalaev)
Enhancement by SPs of stimulated emission in microcavities
Random lasers based on microcavities

Task 5. Study of Negative Index Materials with Metallic Loss Compensated by Optical Gain
(Shalaev, Bonner, Noginov, Gavrilenko)
Metamaterials without negative m for a near-field prefect lens
Optical Negative Index Materials (ONIMs) with negative m.

Task 6. Fabrication of Nano-Sized C-dots and Fluorophore-Doped Microspheres
(Wiesner, Giannelis)
C-dots and ZnO nanoparticles
Dye-doped microspheres

Task 7.  Theoretical Studies
(Gavrilenko, Shalaev)
Ab initio modeling
Modeling electrodynamics properties of composite metal-dielectric media