Description
Applied Nanoplasmonics: Applications in Chemical Sensing and Radiation Detection dives into the world of plasmonics and its various applications in modern technology. It covers fundamental concepts, detailed nanofabrication methods for creating plasmonic and photonic structures, computational modeling, and practical uses. Notable advancements like plasmonic SERS chemical sensing, absorbing metamaterials, and plasmonic tweezers are comprehensively discussed, bridging the gap between theoretical understanding and practical implementation. In addition to fundamentals, the book reviews surface plasmons and their dispersion, excitation techniques, nanofabrication, and applications in solar energy, radiation sensing, photodetection, and opto-electronic devices.The chapter on SPASER examines its core principles and limitations, making the book an essential reference for researchers in this multidisciplinary field.- Introduces the basic concepts of plasmonics, such as surface plasmon and plasmon dispersion, polariton, plasmon decay, propagation length, and excitation of surface plasmon- Describes approaches for fabricating plasmonic and photonic metastructures- Discusses how the optical properties of plasmonic/photonic metasurfaces can enable a great number of applications, such as biosensors, optical devices, and photovoltaic devices
Table of Contents
1. Fundamentals of surface plasmon and excitation2. Fabrication of plasmonic nanostructures and metasurfaces3. Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) ultrasensitive chemical detection4. Absorbing metamaterials5. Chiral absorbing metamaterials6. Plasmonics in solar energy harvesting7. Plasmonics in radiation sensing, thermal imaging8. Plasmonics in photodetection9. Plasmonics in opto-electronic devices10. Computational techniques in plasmonics11. Plasmonic Tweezers12. SPASER
