Surface Plasmon Nanophotonics

This book discusses a new class of photonic devices, known as surface plasmon nanophotonic structures. The book highlights several exciting new discoveries, while providing a clear discussion of the underlying physics, the nanofabrication issues, and the materials considerations involved in designing plasmonic devices with new functionality. Chapters written by the leaders in the field of plasmonics provide a solid background to each topic. FRONT-MATTER......Page 1 1 SURFACE PLASMON NANOPHOTONICS......Page 8 2 NEAR-FIELD AND FAR-FIELD PROPERTIES OF NANOPARTICLE ARRAYS......Page 17 3 THEORY OF LIGHT TRANSMISSION THROUGH PERIODICALLY STRUCTURED NANO-APERTURES......Page 32 4 DEVELOPMENT AND NEAR-FIELD CHARACTERIZATION OF SURFACE PLASMON WAVEGUIDES......Page 44 5 NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF LONG-RANGE PLASMONIC TRANSMISSION LINES......Page 60 6 SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON GUIDING IN PHOTONIC BANDGAP STRUCTURES......Page 77 7 SUBWAVELENGTH -SCALE PLASMON WAVEGUIDES......Page 91 8 OPTICAL SUPERLENS......Page 109 9 OPTICAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT WITH PLASMON RESONANT BOWTIE NANOANTENNAS......Page 128 10 NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL EXCITATION AND DETECTION OF SURFACE PLASMONS......Page 141 11 PRINCIPLES OF NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MAPPING......Page 156 12 OVERVIEW OF SIMULATION TECHNIQUES FOR PLASMONIC DEVICES......Page 170 13 PLASMON HYBRIDIZATION IN COMPLEX NANOSTRUCTURES......Page 184 14 SENSING PROTEINS WITH ADAPTIVE METAL NANOSTRUCTURES......Page 198 15 INTEGRATED OPTICS BASED ON LONG-RANGE SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS......Page 217 16 LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMONS FOR OPTICAL DATA STORAGE BEYOND THE DIFFRACTION LIMIT......Page 234 17 SURFACE PLASMON COUPLED EMISSION......Page 246 INDEX......Page 265