Plasmonics and Plasmonic Metamaterials: Analysis and ApplicationsG. Shvets, Igor Tsukerman 1. Plasmonic enhancement of optical properties by isolated and coupled metal nanoparticles. 1. Introduction. 2. Optical enhancement due to isolated metal nanospheres. 3. Enhancement due to coupled metal nanoparticles. 4. Implications -- 2. Chiral photonic and plasmonic structures. 1. Introduction. 2. Transfer matrix method for anisotropic medium. 3. Chiral media from discrete screw operations. 4. Chiral media from continuous screw operation. 5. Conclusions -- 3. Multipole metamaterials. 1. Introduction. 2. Spatial averaging for meta-molecules - recalling the role of multipole moments. 3. Light propagation in metamaterials including multipole moments up to the second order. 4. Multipolar properties of planar meta-molecules. 5. Multipole near-field decomposition for meta-molecules. 6. Summary and outlook -- 4. Amplification and lasing with surface-plasmon polaritons. 1. Introduction. 2. Planar metallic surface. 3. Metallic nanocavities. 4. Metallic nanoparticles. 5. Concluding remarks -- 5. Wavefront engineering of quantum cascade lasers using plasmonics. 1. Introduction. 2. Methods to tailor the dispersion properties of mid-IR and THz surface plasmon polaritons. 3. One-dimensional collimators for mid-IR QCLs. 4. Two-dimensional collimators for mid-IR QCLs. 5. Multi-beam QCLs. 6. Mid-IR QCLs with integrated plasmonic polarizers. 7. Bean shaping of THz QCLs using plasmonics. 8. Conclusions and future perspectives -- 6. Plasmonics for ultrasensitive nanospectroscopy and optofluidic-plasmonics biosensors. 1. Introduction. 2. Mid-infrared plasmonics for ultrasensitive nanospectroscopy. 3. High throughput fabrication of plasmonics with nanostencil lithography. 4. Integrated nanoplasmonic-nanofluidic biosensors molding the flow of light and fluidics. 5. Conclusion and outlook -- 7. Long-range surface plasmon polariton waveguides and devices. 1. Introduction. 2. Dispersion relations, field confinement and propagation loss. 3. Fabrication. 4. Optical properties. 5. Conclusions and outlook -- 8. Surface plasmon biosensing with 3D plasmonic crystals. 1. Introduction. 2. Engineered surfaces for biosensing: plasmonic crystals with 3D unit cells. 3. Bulk refractive index sensitivity and dependence on angle of incidence. 4. Molecular sensing using 3D plasmonic crystals. 5. Biosensing with 3D plasmonic crystals in real-time. 6. Conclusions and outlook -- 9. Tunable and active optical negative index metamaterials. 1. Introduction. 2. Negative index metamaterials in the optical range. 3. Active optical negative index metamaterials. 4. Tunable optical metamaterials. 5. Conclusions and outlook |
Contents
1 Plasmonic Enhancement of Optical Properties by Isolated and Coupled Metal Nanoparticles | 1 |
2 Chiral Photonic and Plasmonic Structures | 45 |
3 Multipole Metamaterials | 67 |
4 Amplification and Lasing with SurfacePlasmon Polaritons | 101 |
5 Wavefront Engineering of Quantum Cascade Lasers Using Plasmonics | 123 |
6 Plasmonics for Ultrasensitive Nanospectroscopy and OptofluidicPlasmonics Biosensors | 167 |
7 LongRange Surface Plasmon Polariton Waveguides and Devices | 197 |
8 Surface Plasmon Biosensing with 3D Plasmonic Crystals | 231 |
9 Tunable and Active Optical Negative Index Metamaterials | 255 |
10 Manipulation of Plasmonics from Nano to Micro Scale | 285 |
11 DielectricLoaded Plasmonic Waveguide Components | 305 |
12 Manipulating Nanoparticles and Enhancing Spectroscopy with Surface Plasmons | 335 |
13 Analysis of Light Scattering by Nanoobjects on a Plane Surface via Discrete Sources Method | 355 |
14 Computational Techniques for Plasmonic Antennas and Waveguides | 389 |
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