"Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications" by Stefan Alexander Maier is a textbook focused on the field of plasmonics within photonics. This book provides a complete overview of the basic principles and applications of plasmonics, which offers the potential to confine and guide light below the diffraction limit. It is aimed at researchers and students seeking deeper insight into this rapidly evolving technology.
Contents
The book first covers the theoretical foundations, including Maxwell’s equations adapted for metals and the properties of surface plasmon polaritons and localized plasmons in nanostructures. In addition, electromagnetic surface waves at lower frequencies are discussed, such as designer plasmons and surface-photon polaritons.
Next, important applications are addressed, such as plasmonic waveguides, extraordinary transmission, sensing, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, spectroscopy, and metamaterials. Each topic is illustrated with examples from the original scientific literature.
Product specifications
- Author: Stefan Alexander Maier
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Publication date: 2007-05-15
- Number of pages: 224
- ISBN: 9780387331508
- Subject: Engineering applications of electronic, magnetic, optical materials
- BISAC: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / Electronic Materials
About the author
Stefan Maier is an expert in plasmonics and nanophotonics. After studying physics at TU Munich, he earned a Master’s and PhD at Caltech, where he conducted research on metal nanoparticles and plasmonic waveguides. Since 2004, he has been affiliated with the University of Bath, where he combines research and teaching within the Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials.