Modern Introduction to Surface Plasmons
Theory, Mathematica Modeling, and Applications

This book introduces graduate students in physics, optics, materials science and electrical engineering to surface plasmons, and applications of surface plasmon physics.

Dror Sarid (Author), William A. Challener (Author)

9780521767170, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 May 2010

386 pages, 360 b/w illus. 31 exercises
24.9 x 17.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.92 kg

"... the authors have provided an accessible source to the rapidly developing field of plasmonics... the material presented will amply fulfill the requirements of graduate students in the many disciplines that use plasmonics. The book is well illustrated, and overall it is prepared to an extremely high standard."
K. Alan Shore, Optics and Photonics News

Introducing graduate students in physics, optics, materials science and electrical engineering to surface plasmons, this book also covers guided modes at planar interfaces of metamaterials with negative refractive index. The physics of localized and propagating surface plasmons, on planar films, gratings, nanowires and nanoparticles, is developed using both analytical and numerical techniques. Guided modes at the interfaces between materials with any combination of positive or negative permittivity and permeability are analyzed in a systematic manner. Applications of surface plasmon physics are described, including near-field transducers in heat-assisted magnetic recording and biosensors. Resources at www.cambridge.org/9780521767170 include Mathematica code to generate figures from the book, color versions of many figures, and extended discussion of topics such as vector diffraction theory.

1. Introduction
2. Electromagnetics of planar surface waves
3. Single-interface modes in the microwave regime
4. Single-interface lossless modes in ?r'-?r' parameter space
5. Double-interface lossless modes in ?r'-?r' parameter space
6. Single-interface surface plasmons
7. Double-interface surface plasmons in symmetric guides
8. Quasi one-dimensional surface plasmons
9. Localized surface plasmons
10. Techniques for exciting surface plasmons
11. Plasmonic materials
12. Applications
Appendixes
Index.

Subject Areas: Electronic devices & materials [TJFD], Nanotechnology [TBN], Optical physics [PHJ]