Active Plasmonics and Tuneable Plasmonic Metamaterials

1.1. Introduction to Spasers and Spasing / Mark I. Stockman --
1.2. Spaser Fundamentals / Mark I. Stockman --
1.2.1. Brief Overview of the Latest Progress in Spasers / Mark I. Stockman --
1.3. Quantum Theory of Spaser / Mark I. Stockman --
1.3.1. Surface Plasmon Eigenmodes and Their Quantization / Mark I. Stockman --
1.3.2. Quantum Density Matrix Equations (Optical Bloch Equations) for Spaser / Mark I. Stockman --
1.3.3. Equations for CW Regime / Mark I. Stockman --
1.3.4. Spaser operation in CW Mode / Mark I. Stockman --
1.3.5. Spaser as Ultrafast Quantum Nanoamplifier / Mark I. Stockman --
1.3.6. Monostable Spaser as a Nanoamplifier in Transient Regime / Mark I. Stockman --
1.4. Compensation of Loss by Gain and Spasing / Mark I. Stockman --
1.4.1. Introduction to Loss Compensation by Gain / Mark I. Stockman --
1.4.2. Permittivity of Nanoplasmonic Metamaterial / Mark I. Stockman --
1.4.3. Plasmonic Eigenmodes and Effective Resonant Permittivity of Metamaterials / Mark I. Stockman --
1.4.4. Conditions of Loss Compensation by Gain and Spasing / Mark I. Stockman --
1.4.5. Discussion of Spasing and Loss Compensation by Gain / Mark I. Stockman --
1.4.6. Discussion of Published Research on Spasing and Loss Compensations / Mark I. Stockman --
Acknowledgments / Mark I. Stockman --
References / Mark I. Stockman --
2.1. Introduction / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.2. Metallic Nonlinearities-Basic Effects and Models / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.2.1. Local Nonlinearity-Transients by Carrier Heating / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.2.2. Plasma Nonlinearity-The Ponderomotive Force / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.2.3. Parametric Process in Metals / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.2.4. Metal Damage and Ablation / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.3. Nonlinear Propagation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.3.1. Nonlinear SPP Modes / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.3.2. Plasmon Solitons / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.3.3. Nonlinear Plasmonic Waveguide Couplers / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.4. Localized Surface Plasmon Nonlinearity / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.4.1. Cavities and Nonlinear Interactions Enhancement / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.4.2. Enhancement of Nonlinear Vacuum Effects / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.4.3. High Harmonic Generation / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.4.4. Localized Field Enhancement Limitations / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
2.5. Summary / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
Acknowledgments / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
References / Meir Orenstein / Pavel Ginzburg --
3.1. Introduction / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
3.2. Nanorod Metamaterial Geometry / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
3.3. Optical Properties / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
3.3.1. Microscopic Description of the Metamaterial Electromagnetic Modes / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
3.3.2. Effective Medium Theory of the Nanorod Metamaterial / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
3.3.3. Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials and Spatial Dispersion Effects / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
3.3.4. Guided Modes in the Anisotropic Metamaterial Slab / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
3.4. Nonlinear Effects in Nanorod Metamaterials / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
3.4.1. Nanorod Metamaterial Hybridized with Nonlinear Dielectric / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
3.4.2. Intrinsic Metal Nonlinearity of Nanorod Metamaterials / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
3.5. Molecular Plasmonics in Metamaterials / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
3.6. Electro-Optical Effects in Plasmonic Nanorod Metamaterial Hybridized with Liquid Crystals / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
3.7. Conclusion / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
References / Gregory A. Wurtz / Wayne Dickson / Robert J. Pollard / Antony Murphy / Anatoly V. Zayats --
4.1. Introduction / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.2. The Conformal Transformation Approach / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.2.1. A Set of Canonic Plasmonic Structures / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.2.2. Perfect Singular Structures / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.2.3. Singular Plasmonic Structures / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.2.3.1. Conformal Mapping of Singular Structures / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.2.3.2. Conformal Mapping of Blunt-Ended Singular Structures / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.2.4. Resonant Plasmonic Structures / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.3. Broadband Light Harvesting and Nanofocusing / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.3.1. Broadband Light Absorption / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.3.2. Balance between Energy Accumulation and Dissipation / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.3.3. Extension to 3D / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.3.4. Conclusion / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.4. Surface Plasmons and Singularities / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.4.1. Control of the Bandwidth with the Vertex Angle / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.4.2. Effect of the Bluntness / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.5. Plasmonic Hybridization Revisited with Transformation Optics / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.5.1. A Resonant Behavior / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.5.2. Nanofocusing Properties / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.6. Beyond the Quasi-Static Approximation / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.6.1. Conformal Transformation Picture / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.6.2. Radiative Losses / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.6.3. Fluorescence Enhancement / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.6.3.1. Fluorescence Enhancement in the Near-Field of Nanoantenna / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.6.3.2. The CT Approach / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.7. Nonlocal effects / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.7.1. Conformal Mapping of Nonlocality / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.7.2. Toward the Physics of Local Dimers / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
4.8. Summary and Outlook / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
Acknowledgments / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
References / John B. Pendry / Alexandre Aubry --
5.1. Introduction / Pierre Berini --
5.2. Surface Plasmon Waveguides / Pierre Berini --
5.2.1. Unidimensional Structures / Pierre Berini --
5.2.2. Bidimensional Structures / Pierre Berini --
5.2.3. Confinement-Attenuation Trade-Off / Pierre Berini --
5.2.4. Optical Processes Involving SPPs / Pierre Berini --
5.3. Single Interface / Pierre Berini --
5.3.1. Theoretical / Pierre Berini --
5.3.2. Experimental / Pierre Berini --
5.4. Symmetric Metal Films / Pierre Berini --
5.4.1. Gratings / Pierre Berini --
5.4.2. Theoretical / Pierre Berini --
5.4.3. Experimental / Pierre Berini --
5.5. Metal Clads / Pierre Berini --
5.5.1. Theoretical / Pierre Berini --
5.5.2. Experimental / Pierre Berini --
5.6. Other Structures / Pierre Berini --
5.6.1. Dielectric-Loaded SPP Waveguides / Pierre Berini --
5.6.2. Hybrid SPP Waveguide / Pierre Berini --
5.6.3. Nanostructures / Pierre Berini --
5.7. Conclusions / Pierre Berini --
References / Pierre Berini --
6.1. Phase Response of Optical Antennas / Nanfang Yu / Mikhail A. Kats / Patrice Genevet / Francesco Aieta / Romain Blanchard / Guillaume Aoust / Zeno Gaburro / Federico Capasso --
6.1.1. Introduction / Nanfang Yu / Mikhail A. Kats / Patrice Genevet / Francesco Aieta / Romain Blanchard / Guillaume Aoust / Zeno Gaburro / Federico Capasso --
6.1.2. Single Oscillator Model for Linear Optical Antennas / Nanfang Yu / Mikhail A. Kats / Patrice Genevet / Francesco Aieta / Romain Blanchard / Guillaume Aoust / Zeno Gaburro / Federico Capasso --
6.1.3. Two-Oscillator Model for 2D Structures Supporting Two Orthogonal Plasmonic Modes / Nanfang Yu / Mikhail A. Kats / Patrice Genevet / Francesco Aieta / Romain Blanchard / Guillaume Aoust / Zeno Gaburro / Federico Capasso --
6.1.4. Analytical Models for V-Shaped Optical Antennas / Nanfang Yu / Mikhail A. Kats / Patrice Genevet / Francesco Aieta / Romain Blanchard / Guillaume Aoust / Zeno Gaburro / Federico Capasso --
6.1.5. Optical Properties of V-Shaped Antennas: Experiments and Simulations / Nanfang Yu / Mikhail A. Kats / Patrice Genevet / Francesco Aieta / Romain Blanchard / Guillaume Aoust / Zeno Gaburro / Federico Capasso --
6.2. Application\'s of Phased Optical Antenna Arrays / Nanfang Yu / Mikhail A. Kats / Patrice Genevet / Francesco Aieta / Romain Blanchard / Guillaume Aoust / Zeno Gaburro / Federico Capasso Note continued: 6.2.1. Generalized Laws of Reflection and Refraction: Meta-Interfaces with Phase Discontinuities / Nanfang Yu / Mikhail A. Kats / Patrice Genevet / Francesco Aieta / Romain Blanchard / Guillaume Aoust / Zeno Gaburro / Federico Capasso --
6.2.2. Out-of-Plane Reflection and Refraction of Light by Meta-Interfaces / Nanfang Yu / Mikhail A. Kats / Patrice Genevet / Francesco Aieta / Romain Blanchard / Guillaume Aoust / Zeno Gaburro / Federico Capasso --
6.2.3. Giant and Tuneable Optical Birefringence / Nanfang Yu / Mikhail A. Kats / Patrice Genevet / Francesco Aieta / Romain Blanchard / Guillaume Aoust / Zeno Gaburro / Federico Capasso --
6.2.4. Vortex Beams Created by Meta-Interfaces / Nanfang Yu / Mikhail A. Kats / Patrice Genevet / Francesco Aieta / Romain Blanchard / Guillaume Aoust / Zeno Gaburro / Federico Capasso --
References / Nanfang Yu / Mikhail A. Kats / Patrice Genevet / Francesco Aieta / Romain Blanchard / Guillaume Aoust / Zeno Gaburro / Federico Capasso --
7.1. Introduction / Pieter Neutens / Paul Van Dorpe --
7.2. Electrical Detection of Surface Plasmons / Pieter Neutens / Paul Van Dorpe --
7.2.1. Plasmon Detection with Tunnel Junctions / Pieter Neutens / Paul Van Dorpe --
7.2.2. Plasmon-Enhanced Solar Cells / Pieter Neutens / Paul Van Dorpe --
7.2.3. Plasmon-Enhanced Photodetectors / Pieter Neutens / Paul Van Dorpe --
7.2.4. Waveguide-Integrated Surface Plasmon Polariton Detectors / Pieter Neutens / Paul Van Dorpe --
7.3. Outlook / Pieter Neutens / Paul Van Dorpe --
References / Pieter Neutens / Paul Van Dorpe --
8.1. The Terahertz Region for Sensing / Stephen M. Hanham / Stefan A. Maier --
8.2. THz Plasmonics / Stephen M. Hanham / Stefan A. Maier --
8.3. SPPs on Semiconductor Surfaces / Stephen M. Hanham / Stefan A. Maier --
8.3.1. Active Control of Semiconductor Plasmonics / Stephen M. Hanham / Stefan A. Maier --
8.4. SSPP on Structured Metal Surfaces / Stephen M. Hanham / Stefan A. Maier --
8.5. THz Plasmonic Antennas / Stephen M. Hanham / Stefan A. Maier --
8.6. Extraordinary Transmission / Stephen M. Hanham / Stefan A. Maier --
8.7. THz Plasmons on Graphene / Stephen M. Hanham / Stefan A. Maier --
References / Stephen M. Hanham / Stefan A. Maier --
9.1. Introduction to Canalization Regime of Subwavelength Imaging / Pavel A. Belov --
9.2. Wire Medium Lens at the Microwave Frequencies / Pavel A. Belov --
9.3. Magnifying and Demagnifying Lenses with Super-Resolution / Pavel A. Belov --
9.4. Imaging at the Terahertz and Infrared Frequencies / Pavel A. Belov --
9.5. Nanolenses Formed by Nanorod Arrays for the Visible Frequency Range / Pavel A. Belov --
9.6. Superlenses and Hyperlenses Formed by Multilayered Metal-Dielectric Nanostructures / Pavel A. Belov --
References / Pavel A. Belov --
10.1. Introduction / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev --
10.2. Polarization-Selective Gold Nanoslit Lenses / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev --
10.2.1. Design Concept of Gold Nanoslit Lenses / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev --
10.2.2. Experimental Demonstration of Gold Nanoslit Lenses / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev --
10.3. Metallic Nanoslit Lenses with Focal-Intensity Tuneability and Focal Length Shifting / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev --
10.3.1. Liquid Crystal-Controlled Nanoslit Lenses / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev --
10.3.2. Nonlinear Materials for Controlling Nanoslit Lenses / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev --
10.4. Lamellar Structures with Hyperbolic Dispersion Enable Subwavelength Focusing with Metallic Nanoslits / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev --
10.4.1. Active Lamellar Structures with Hyperbolic Dispersion / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev --
10.4.2. Subwavelength Focusing with Active Lamellar Structures / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev --
10.4.3. Experimental Demonstration of Subwavelength Diffraction / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev --
10.5. Summary / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev --
Acknowledgments / Satoshi Ishii / Xingjie Ni / Vladimir P. Drachev / Mark D. Thoreson / Vladimir M. Shalaev / Alexander V. Kildishev.