Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications

• Main Author: Maier, Stefan A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Condensed matter.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Nanotechnology.; Metals.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Materials Science.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Metallic Materials.

Considered one of the major fields of photonics of the beginning 21st century, plasmonics offers the potential to confine and guide light below the diffraction limit and promises a new generation of highly miniaturized photonic devices. Offering both a comprehensive introduction to the field and an...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals of Plasmonics
• Electromagnetics of Metals
• Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Metal / Insulator Interfaces
• Excitation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Planar Interfaces
• Imaging Surface Plasmon Polariton Propagation
• Localized Surface Plasmons
• Electromagnetic Surface Modes at Low Frequencies
• Applications
• Plasmon Waveguides
• Transmission of Radiation Through Apertures and Films
• Enhancement of Emissive Processes and Nonlinearities
• Spectroscopy and Sensing
• Metamaterials and Imaging with Surface Plasmon Polaritons
• Concluding Remarks.