Chiral Nanophotonics Chiral Optical Properties of Plasmonic Systems /

• Main Author: Schäferling, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 205
• Subjects: Physics.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Nanotechnology.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Classical Electrodynamics.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.

This book describes the physics behind the optical properties of plasmonic nanostructures focusing on chiral aspects. It explains in detail how the geometry determines chiral near-fields and how to tailor their shape and strength. Electromagnetic fields with strong optical chirality interact strongl...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chirality in Nature and Science
• Chiroptical Spectroscopy- Chiral Properties of Light
• Enhancement of Chiral Fields by Geometrically Chiral Structures
• Chiral Fields of Macroscopically Achiral Arrangements
• Formation of Chiral Fields Near Symmetric Structures
• Chiral Eigenmodes of Geometrically Chiral Structures
• Conclusions and Outlook.