Screen LibraryHandbook of nano-optics and nanophotonics
In the 1990s, optical technology and photonics industry developed fast, but further progress became difficult due to a fundamental limit of light known as the diffraction limit. This limit could be overcome using the novel technology of nano-optics or nanophotonics in which the size of the electroma...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31066-9 |
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In the 1990s, optical technology and photonics industry developed fast, but further progress became difficult due to a fundamental limit of light known as the diffraction limit. This limit could be overcome using the novel technology of nano-optics or nanophotonics in which the size of the electromagnetic field is decreased down to the nanoscale and is used as a carrier for signal transmission, processing, and fabrication. Such a decrease beyond the diffraction limit is possible by using optical near-fields. The true nature of nano-optics and nanophotonics involves not only their abilities to meet the above requirements but also their abilities to realize qualitative innovations in photonic devices, fabrication techniques, energy conversion and information processing systems. The objective of this work is to review the innovations of optical science and technology by nano-optics and nanophotonics. While in conventional optical science and technology, light and matter are discussed separately, in nano-optics and nanophotonics, light and matter have to be regarded as being coupled to each other, and the energy flow between nanoparticles is bidirectional. This means that nano-optics and nanophotonics have to be regarded as a technology fusing optical fields and matter. This unique work reviews and covers the most recent topics of nano-optics, applications to device operations, fabrication techniques, energy conversion, information processing, architectures and algorithms. Each chapter is written by the leading scientists in the relevant field. Thus, this work will provide high-quality scientific and technical information to scientists, engineers, and graduate students who are and will be engaged in R&D of nano-optics and nanophotonics. Especially, the topics to be covered by this work will be popularly used by the engineers in the rapidly growing market of the optical energy conversion. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvi, 596 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9783642310669 (electronic bk.) 3642310664 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | TA1530 |
| CLC: | O572.31-62 |
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Principle and Theoretical Background. Classical Theory of Optical Near Field / Optical Near-Field Interactions and Yukawa Potential / A Phenomenological Description of Optical Near Fields and Optical Properties of N Two-Level Systems Interacting with Optical Near Fields / Theory and Principles of Operation of Nanophotonic Functional Devices / Quantum Description of Optical Near Fields Including Vibrational Degrees of Freedom / Basic Tools. Near-Field Optical Fiber Probes and the Applications I / Near-Field Optical Fiber Probes and the Applications II / Near-Field Optical Head Technology for High-Density, Near-Field Optical Recording / Sensing and Spectroscopy. Nano-optical Imaging and Spectroscopy of Single Semiconductor Quantum Constituents / Optical Interaction of Light with Semiconductor Quantum-Confined States at the Nanoscale / Recombination Dynamics in In x Ga1 - x N-Based Nanostructures / Near-Field Optical Microscopy of Plasmonic Nanostructures / Luminescent Nanomaterials for Molecular-Specific Cellular Imaging / Devices, Fabricated Structures, and Relevant Materials. Integration and Evaluation of Nanophotonic Devices Using Optical Near Field / Properties of Optical Near-Field Excitation Transfers in Randomly Distributed Spherical Quantum Dots / Ultrahigh-Density Storage Media for Near-Field Optical Recording / Temperature-Induced and Photo-Induced Phase Transition in a BistableMetal-Cyanide Polymer / Photoinduced Energy Transfer in Artificial Photosynthetic Systems / Growth and Electro-Magneto-Optics of Oxide Quantum Structures Based on ZnO / Self-Formation of Semiconductor Quantum Dots / Simple Approaches for Constructing Metallic Nanoarrays on a Solid Surface / Nanophotonic Systems. Nanophotonic Systems Based on Localized and Hierarchical Optical Near-Field Processes / Probe-Free Nanophotonic Systems: Macroscale Applications Based on Nanophotonics / Related Basic Sciences. Momentum Modulation of Electrons in Optical Near-Fields / Deflecting and Detecting Atoms with Near-Field Lights / Laser Desorption and Ionization Mass Spectrometry Using PlasmonicSubstrates / |