Contents

Contents

Chapter 1: Spaser, Plasmonic Amplification, and Loss Compensation

1.1 INTRODUCTION TO SPASERS AND SPASING

1.2 SPASER FUNDAMENTALS

1.3 QUANTUM THEORY OF SPASER

1.4 COMPENSATION OF LOSS BY GAIN AND SPASING

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 2: Nonlinear Effects in Plasmonic Systems

2.1 INTRODUCTION

2.2 METALLIC NONLINEARITIES—BASIC EFFECTS AND MODELS

2.3 NONLINEAR PROPAGATION OF SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS

2.4 LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON NONLINEARITY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 3: Plasmonic Nanorod Metamaterials as a Platform for Active Nanophotonics

3.1 INTRODUCTION

3.2 NANOROD METAMATERIAL GEOMETRY

3.3 OPTICAL PROPERTIES

3.4 NONLINEAR EFFECTS IN NANOROD METAMATERIALS

3.5 MOLECULAR PLASMONICS IN METAMATERIALS

3.6 ELECTRO-OPTICAL EFFECTS IN PLASMONIC NANOROD METAMATERIAL HYBRIDIZED WITH LIQUID CRYSTALS

Chapter 4: Transformation Optics for Plasmonics

4.1 INTRODUCTION

4.2 THE CONFORMAL TRANSFORMATION APPROACH

4.3 BROADBAND LIGHT HARVESTING AND NANOFOCUSING

4.4 SURFACE PLASMONS AND SINGULARITIES

4.5 PLASMONIC HYBRIDIZATION REVISITED WITH TRANSFORMATION OPTICS

4.6 BEYOND THE QUASI-STATIC APPROXIMATION

4.7 NONLOCAL EFFECTS

4.8 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 5: Loss Compensation and Amplification of Surface Plasmon Polaritons

5.1 INTRODUCTION

5.2 SURFACE PLASMON WAVEGUIDES

5.3 SINGLE INTERFACE

5.4 SYMMETRIC METAL FILMS

5.5 METAL CLADS

5.6 OTHER STRUCTURES

5.7 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 6: Controlling Light Propagation with Interfacial Phase Discontinuities

6.1 PHASE RESPONSE OF OPTICAL ANTENNAS

6.2 APPLICATIONS OF PHASED OPTICAL ANTENNA ARRAYS

Chapter 7: Integrated Plasmonic Detectors

7.1 INTRODUCTION

7.2 ELECTRICAL DETECTION OF SURFACE PLASMONS

Chapter 8: Terahertz Plasmonic Surfaces for Sensing

8.1 THE TERAHERTZ REGION FOR SENSING

8.2 THz PLASMONICS

8.3 SPPs ON SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACES

8.4 SSPP ON STRUCTURED METAL SURFACES

8.5 THz PLASMONIC ANTENNAS

8.6 EXTRAORDINARY TRANSMISSION

8.7 THz PLASMONS ON GRAPHENE

Chapter 9: Subwavelength Imaging by Extremely Anisotropic Media

9.1 INTRODUCTION TO CANALIZATION REGIME OF SUBWAVELENGTH IMAGING

9.2 WIRE MEDIUM LENS AT THE MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES

9.3 MAGNIFYING AND DEMAGNIFYING LENSES WITH SUPER-RESOLUTION

9.4 IMAGING AT THE TERAHERTZ AND INFRARED FREQUENCIES

9.5 NANOLENSES FORMED BY NANOROD ARRAYS FOR THE VISIBLE FREQUENCY RANGE

9.6 SUPERLENSES AND HYPERLENSES FORMED BY MULTILAYERED METAL–DIELECTRIC NANOSTRUCTURES

Chapter 10: Active and Tuneable Metallic Nanoslit Lenses

10.1 INTRODUCTION

10.2 POLARIZATION-SELECTIVE GOLD NANOSLIT LENSES

10.3 METALLIC NANOSLIT LENSES WITH FOCAL-INTENSITY TUNEABILITY AND FOCAL LENGTH SHIFTING

10.4 LAMELLAR STRUCTURES WITH HYPERBOLIC DISPERSION ENABLE SUBWAVELENGTH FOCUSING WITH METALLIC NANOSLITS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS