Edited by
Vladimir Shalaev, PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2035, USA
Satoshi Kawata, Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Description
Current developments in optical technologies are being directed toward nanoscale devices with subwavelength dimensions, in which photons
are manipulated on the nanoscale. Although light is clearly the fastest means to send information to and from the nanoscale, there is
a fundamental incompatibility between light at the microscale and devices and processes at the nanoscale. Nanostructured metals which
support surface plasmon modes can concentrate electromagnetic (EM) fields to a small fraction of a wavelength while enhancing local field
strengths by several orders of magnitude. For this reason, plasmonic nanostructures can serve as optical couplers across the nano–micro
interface: metal–dielectric and metal–semiconductor nanostructures can act as optical nanoantennae and enhance light matter coupling
in nanoscale devices. This book describes how one can fully integrate plasmonic nanostructures into dielectric, semiconductor, and molecular
photonic devices, for guiding photons across the nano–micro interface and for detecting molecules with unsurpassed sensitivity.
Included in series
Advances in Nano-Optics and Nano-Photonics
Audience:
Makers/users of nanomaterials, Sensor technology, Company R&D centers, Optical Technologies, University libraries, Graduate students, Optics scientists
