Near-Field Optics and Surface Plasmon Polaritons

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kawata, Satoshi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Topics in Applied Physics, 81
• Subjects: Lasers.; Photonics.; Materials-Surfaces.; Thin films.; Nanotechnology.; Materials science.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

 This book describes in detail the physics of localized surface plasmon polaritons excited near fine metallic structures and the principles of near-field optics and microscopy related to this localized field. It covers not only near-field optical microscopy but also wider fields such as local spectroscopy, nano-scale optical processing, quantum near-field optics, and atom manipulation. 

 Near-Field Optics and the Surface Plasmon Polariton -- Near-Field Microscope Probes Utilizing Surface Plasmon Polaritons -- Apertureless Metallic Probes for Near-Field Microscopy -- Controlling Light Confinement by Excitation of Localized Surface Plasmons -- Spectroscopy of Gap Modes in Metal Particle-Surface Systems -- Near-Field Spectral Analysis of Metallic Beads -- Forces in Optical Near-Fields -- Laser Trapping of a Metallic Probe for Near Field Microscopy -- Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption -- Excitation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons by a Focused Laser Beam.