Description
Nano-Optics: Fundamentals, Experimental Methods, and Applications offers insights into the fundamentals and industrial applications of nanoscale light-emitting materials and their composites. This book serves as a reference, offering an overview of existing research, with a particular focus on industrial applications. Nano-optics is the branch of nanoscience and nanotechnology that deals with interaction of light with nanoscale objects. This book explores the materials, structure, manufacturing techniques, and industrial applications of nano-optics. The applications discussed include healthcare, communication, astronomy, and satellites.
- Explains the major manufacturing techniques for light-emitting nanoscale materials
- Discusses how nanoscale optical materials are being used in a range of industrial applications
- Assesses the challenges of using nano-optics in a mass-production context
Table of Contents
1. From nature: Optics, nanotechnology, and nano-optics 2. Nano-optics: Challenges, trends, and future 3. Nano-optics for healthcare applications 4. Laser, nanoparticles, and optics 5. Introduction to quantum plasmonic sensing 6. Nanobiophotonics and fluorescence nanoscopy in 2020 7. Nanotechnology-based fiber-optic chemical and biosensors 8. Light transport in three-dimensional photonic crystals 9. Application of two-dimensional materials in fiber laser systems 10. Carbon nanotube-based sensors and their application 11. Optical fiber coated with zinc oxide nanorods toward light sidecoupling for sensing application 12. Synthesis, characterization, and applications of opals 13. Theoretical methods, simulation and modeling in nano-optics 14. Photonic crystals-based light-trapping approach in solar cells
