Optical Properties of Nanostructured Metallic Systems Studied with the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method /

• Main Author: Rodrigo, Sergio G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Theses,
• Subjects: Physics.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.

The common belief is that light is completely reflected by metals. In reality they also exhibit an amazing property that is not so widely known: under some conditions light flows along a metallic surface as if it were glued to it. Physical phenomena related to these light waves, which are called Sur...