Optical antennas /edited by] Mario Agio, European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS), Florence, Italy, Andrea Alù, University of Texas, Austin, USA.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 455 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
From near-field optics to optical antennas / Optical antenna theory, design and applications / Impedance of a nanoantenna / Where high-frequency engineering advances optics. Active nanoparticles as nanoantennas / Optical antennas for field-enhanced spectroscopy / Directionality, polarization and enhancement by optical antennas / Antennas, quantum optics and near-field microscopy / Nonlinear optical antennas / Computational electrodynamics for optical antennas / First-principles simulations of near-field effects / Field distribution near optical antennas at the subnanometer scale / Fabrication and optical characterization of nanoantennas / Fabrication, characterization and applications of optical antenna arrays / Novel fabrication methods for optical antennas / Plasmodic properties of colloidal clusters : towards new nanomaterials and optical circuits / Optical antennas for information technology and energy harvesting / Nanoantennas for refractive-index sensing / Nanoimaging with optical antennas / Aperture optical antennas / D. Pohl -- A. Alù and N. Engheta -- F. Marquier and J.-J. Greffet -- R.W. Ziolkowski, S. Arslanagić and J. Geng -- J. Aizpurua and R. Esteban -- N.F. van Hulst, T.H. Taminiau and A.G. Curto -- V. Sandoghdar, M. Agio, X.-W. Chen, S. Götzinger and K.-G. Lee -- H. Harutyunyan, G. Volpe and L. Novonty --Coherent control of nano-optical excitations / W. Pfeiffer, M. Aeschlimann and T. Brixner -- O.J.F. Martin -- J.L. Payton, S.M. Morton and L. Jensen -- C. Pecharromán -- J. Prangsma, P. Biagioni and B. Hecht --Probing and imaging of optical nanoantennas with PEEM / P. Melchior, D. Bayer and M. Aeschlimann -- D. Dregely, J. Dorfmüller, M. Hentschel and H. Giessen -- W. Zhou, J.Y. Suh and T.W. Odom -- J.A. Fan and F. Capasso -- M.L. Brongersma -- T. Shegai, M. Svedendahl, S. Chen, A. Dahlin and M. Käll -- P. Verma and Y. Saito -- J. Wenger.
"This consistent and systematic review of recent advances in optical antenna theory and practice brings together leading experts in the fields of electrical engineering, nano-optics and nano-photonics, physical chemistry and nanofabrication. Fundamental concepts and functionalities relevant to optical antennas are explained, together with key principles for optical antenna modelling, design and characterisation. Recognising the tremendous potential of this technology, practical applications are also outlined. Presenting a clear translation of the concepts of radio antenna design, near-field optics and field-enhanced spectroscopy into optical antennas, this interdisciplinary book is an indispensable resource for researchers and graduate students in engineering, optics and photonics, physics and chemistry"--