Table Of ContentPLASMONICS
PRINCIPLES
AND
APPLICATIONS
Edited by
Ki Young Kim
PLASMONICS –
PRINCIPLES AND
APPLICATIONS
Edited by Ki Young Kim
Plasmonics – Principles and Applications
http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/2633
Edited by Ki Young Kim
Contributors
Paolo Di Sia, Guy A. E. Vandenbosch, Xingyu Gao, Brian Ashall, Dominic Zerulla, Valeria Lotito,
Christian Hafner, Urs Sennhauser, Gian-Luca Bona, Henrique T. M. C. M. Baltar, Krystyna
Drozdowicz-Tomsia, Ewa M. Goldys, V. A. G. Rivera, F. A. Ferri, O. B. Silva, F. W. A. Sobreira, E.
Marega Jr., Yongqi Fu, Jun Wang, Daohua Zhang, Joong Wook Lee, DaiSik Kim, Amir Reza
Sadrolhosseini, A. S. M. Noor, Mohd. Maarof Moksin, Taikei Suyama, Akira Matsushima, Yoichi
Okuno, Toyonori Matsuda, Yu-Hang Yang, Ta-Jen Yen, K. Sathiyamoorthy, C. Vijayan, V.M.
Murukeshan, Young Chul Jun, Mahnaz M. Abdi, Wan Mahmood Mat Yunus, Majid Reayi, Afarin
Bahrami, G. Ruffato, G. Zacco, F. Romanato, Witold Jacak, Fuyi Chen, Jian Liu, Negash Alemu,
Qin Chen, Xiaohua Shi, Yong Ma, Jin He, Sotirios Papaioannou, Konstantinos Vyrsokinos,
Dimitrios Kalavrouziotis, Giannis Giannoulis, Dimitrios Apostolopoulos, Hercules Avramopoulos,
Filimon Zacharatos, Karim Hassan, Jean-Claude Weeber, Laurent Markey, Alain Dereux, Ashwani
Kumar, Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi, Alpaslan Suna, Oriol Gili de Villasante, Tolga Tekin, Michael
Waldow, Odysseas Tsilipakos, Alexandros Pitilakis, Emmanouil E. Kriezis, Nikos Pleros
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Contents
Preface IX
Section 1 Modeling and Computational Methods for Plasmonics 1
Chapter 1 Modelling at Nanoscale 3
Paolo Di Sia
Chapter 2 Computational Electromagnetics in Plasmonics 23
Guy A. E. Vandenbosch
Chapter 3 Numerical Simulations of Surface Plasmons
Super-Resolution Focusing and Nano-Waveguiding 49
Xingyu Gao
Section 2 Plasmonic Structures for Light Transmission,
Focusing and Guiding 73
Chapter 4 Surface Plasmons on Complex Symmetry
Nanostructured Arrays 75
Brian Ashall and Dominic Zerulla
Chapter 5 Novel SNOM Probes Based on
Nanofocusing in Asymmetric Structures 99
Valeria Lotito, Christian Hafner,
Urs Sennhauser and Gian-Luca Bona
Chapter 6 Propagating Surface Plasmons and Dispersion Relations
for Nanoscale Multilayer Metallic-Dielectric Films 135
Henrique T. M. C. M. Baltar, Krystyna Drozdowicz-Tomsia
and Ewa M. Goldys
Chapter 7 Light Transmission via Subwavelength
Apertures in Metallic Thin Films 157
V. A. G. Rivera, F. A. Ferri, O. B. Silva,
F. W. A. Sobreira and E. Marega Jr.
VI Contents
Chapter 8 Plasmonic Lenses 183
Yongqi Fu, Jun Wang and Daohua Zhang
Chapter 9 Fundamental Role of Periodicity and Geometric Shape
to Resonant Terahertz Transmission 229
Joong Wook Lee and DaiSik Kim
Section 3 Emerging Concepts with Plasmonics 251
Chapter 10 Application of Surface Plasmon Resonance
Based on a Metal Nanoparticle 253
Amir Reza Sadrolhosseini, A. S. M. Noor
and Mohd. Maarof Moksin
Chapter 11 Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances: Noble Metal
Nanoparticle Interaction with Rare-Earth Ions 283
V.A.G. Rivera, F.A. Ferri and E. Marega Jr.
Chapter 12 Resonant Excitation of Plasmons in Bi-Gratings 313
Taikei Suyama, Akira Matsushima,
Yoichi Okuno and Toyonori Matsuda
Chapter 13 A Treatise on Magnetic Surface Polaritons:
Theoretical Background, Numerical Verification
and Experimental Realization 335
Yu-Hang Yang and Ta-Jen Yen
Chapter 14 Photoacoustic Based Surface Plasmon
Resonance Spectroscopy: An Investigation 359
K. Sathiyamoorthy, C. Vijayan and V.M. Murukeshan
Chapter 15 Electrically-Driven Active Plasmonic Devices 383
Young Chul Jun
Section 4 Plasmonics Applications 401
Chapter 16 Plasmonic Conducting Polymers
for Heavy Metal Sensing 403
Mahnaz M. Abdi, Wan Mahmood Mat Yunus,
Majid Reayi and Afarin Bahrami
Chapter 17 Innovative Exploitation of Grating-Coupled
Surface Plasmon Resonance for Sensing 419
G. Ruffato, G. Zacco and F. Romanato
Chapter 18 Plasmon Mediated Energy Transport in PV Systems
with Photo-Active Surface Modified Metallically
in Nano-Scale and in Metallic Nano-Chains 445
Witold Jacak
Contents VII
Chapter 19 Plasmonic Rectenna for
Efficient Conversion of Light into Electricity 469
Fuyi Chen, Jian Liu and Negash Alemu
Chapter 20 Application of Surface Plasmon
Polaritons in CMOS Digital Imaging 495
Qin Chen, Xiaohua Shi, Yong Ma and Jin He
Chapter 21 Merging Plasmonics and Silicon Photonics Towards Greener
and Faster “Network-on-Chip” Solutions for Data Centers
and High-Performance Computing Systems 523
Sotirios Papaioannou, Konstantinos Vyrsokinos, Dimitrios
Kalavrouziotis, Giannis Giannoulis, Dimitrios Apostolopoulos,
Hercules Avramopoulos, Filimon Zacharatos, Karim Hassan,
Jean-Claude Weeber, Laurent Markey, Alain Dereux,
Ashwani Kumar, Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi, Alpaslan Suna,
Oriol Gili de Villasante, Tolga Tekin, Michael Waldow,
Odysseas Tsilipakos, Alexandros Pitilakis,
Emmanouil E. Kriezis and Nikos Pleros
Preface
Although plasmonic phenomena have been identified more than half century ago,
recent accomplishments in this technological area have witnessed remarkable
developments in both fundamental principles and quite various practical applications
due to the current advancements in computational resources and nanoscale fabrication
techniques, elevated needs for novel applications including photovoltaics,
subwavelength imaging, optical interconnects, spectroscopy, microscopy, lithography,
etc., and recent efforts of combination with conventionally and newly developed
physics and techniques such as extraordinary light transmission, metamaterials,
graphenes, nanoparticles, terahertz radiation, and many more.
The book attempts to encompass state-of-the-art research in modern plasmonic
technologies, resulting in 21 excellent chapters, which has been sub-categorized into 4
sections; (1) Modeling and computational methods for plasmonics, (2) Plasmonic
structures for light transmission, focusing, and guiding, (3) Emerging concepts with
plasmonics, and (4) Plasmonics applications. Some chapters straddle the border of two
or more sections due to the inherent nature of plasmonics research.
This book concerns itself with advanced recent research results on plasmonic
technologies covering the aforementioned topics. Although it is a collection of specific
technological issues, I strongly believe that the readers can obtain generous and
overall ideas and knowledge of the state-of-the-art technologies in plasmonics. I hope
the readers will be inspired to start or to improve further their own research and
technologies and to expand potential applications, hopefully triggering new
interdisciplinary research work. Lastly, special words of thanks should go to all the
scientists and engineers who have devoted a great deal of time to writing excellent
chapters in this book.
Ki Young Kim
