Dedication |
List of Figures |
Foreword |
Preface |
Acknowledgments |
Fundamentals of Plasmonics / Part I: |
Introduction |
Electromagnetics of Metals / 1: |
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Wave Propagation / 1.1: |
The Dielectric Function of the Free Electron Gas / 1.2: |
The Dispersion of the Free Electron Gas and Volume Plasmons / 1.3: |
Real Metals and Interband Transitions / 1.4: |
The Energy of the Electromagnetic Field in Metals / 1.5: |
Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Metal/Insulator Interfaces / 2: |
The Wave Equation / 2.1: |
Surface Plasmon Polaritons at a Single Interface / 2.2: |
Multilayer Systems / 2.3: |
Energy Confinement and the Effective Mode Length / 2.4: |
Excitation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Planar Interfaces / 3: |
Excitation upon Charged Particle Impact / 3.1: |
Prism Coupling / 3.2: |
Grating Coupling / 3.3: |
Excitation Using Highly Focused Optical Beams / 3.4: |
Near-Field Excitation / 3.5: |
Coupling Schemes Suitable for Integration with Conventional Photonic Elements / 3.6: |
Imaging Surface Plasmon Polariton Propagation / 4: |
Near-Field Microscopy / 4.1: |
Fluorescence Imaging / 4.2: |
Leakage Radiation / 4.3: |
Scattered Light Imaging / 4.4: |
Localized Surface Plasmons / 5: |
Normal Modes of Sub-Wavelength Metal Particles / 5.1: |
Mie Theory / 5.2: |
Beyond the Quasi-Static Approximation and Plasmon Lifetime / 5.3: |
Real Particles: Observations of Particle Plasmons / 5.4: |
Coupling Between Localized Plasmons / 5.5: |
Void Plasmons and Metallic Nanoshells / 5.6: |
Localized Plasmons and Gain Media / 5.7: |
Electromagnetic Surface Modes at Low Frequencies / 6: |
Surface Plasmon Polaritons at THz Frequencies / 6.1: |
Designer Surface Plasmon Polaritons on Corrugated Surfaces / 6.2: |
Surface Phonon Polaritons / 6.3: |
Applications / Part II: |
Plasmon Waveguides / 7: |
Planar Elements for Surface Plasmon Polariton Propagation / 7.1: |
Surface Plasmon Polariton Band Gap Structures / 7.2: |
Surface Plasmon Polariton Propagation Along Metal Stripes / 7.3: |
Metal Nanowires and Conical Tapers for High-Confinement Guiding and Focusing / 7.4: |
Localized Modes in Gaps and Grooves / 7.5: |
Metal Nanoparticle Waveguides / 7.6: |
Overcoming Losses Using Gain Media / 7.7: |
Transmission of Radiation Through Apertures and Films / 8: |
Theory of Diffraction by Sub-Wavelength Apertures / 8.1: |
Extraordinary Transmission Through Sub-Wavelength Apertures / 8.2: |
Directional Emission Via Exit Surface Patterning / 8.3: |
Localized Surface Plasmons and Light Transmission Through Single Apertures / 8.4: |
Emerging Applications of Extraordinary Transmission / 8.5: |
Transmission of Light Through a Film Without Apertures / 8.6: |
Enhancement of Emissive Processes and Nonlinearities / 9: |
SERS Fundamentals / 9.1: |
SERS in the Picture of Cavity Field Enhancement / 9.2: |
SERS Geometries / 9.3: |
Enhancement of Fluorescence / 9.4: |
Luminescence of Metal Nanostructures / 9.5: |
Enhancement of Nonlinear Processes / 9.6: |
Spectroscopy and Sensing / 10: |
Single-Particle Spectroscopy / 10.1: |
Surface-Plasmon-Polariton-Based Sensors / 10.2: |
Metamaterials and Imaging with Surface Plasmon Polaritons / 11: |
Metamaterials and Negative Index at Optical Frequencies / 11.1: |
The Perfect Lens, Imaging and Lithography / 11.2: |
Concluding Remarks / 12: |
References |
Index |