Plasmonics is a research area merging the fields of optics and nanoelectronics by confining
light with relatively large free‐space wavelength to the nanometer scale‐thereby enabling a …

Metallic structures with nanogap features have proven highly effective as building blocks for
plasmonic systems, as they can provide a wide tuning range of operating frequencies and …

Plasmonic antennas enable the conversion of light from free space into subwavelength
volumes and vice versa, which facilitates the manipulation of light at the nanoscale. Dynamic …

Optical antennas are an emerging concept in physical optics. Similar to radiowave and
microwave antennas, their purpose is to convert the energy of free propagating radiation to …

Heat-assisted magnetic recording is a promising approach for enabling large increases in
the storage density of hard disk drives. A laser is used to momentarily heat the recording …

Metallic nanostructures attract much interest as an efficient media for surface‐enhanced
Raman scattering (SERS). Significant progress has been made on the synthesis of metal …

Metallic bowtie nanoarchitectures can produce dramatic electric field enhancement, which is
advantageous in single‐molecule analysis and optical information processing. Plasmonic …

Plasmonic lasers exploit strong electromagnetic field confinement at dimensions well below
the diffraction limit. However, lasing from an electromagnetic hot spot supported by discrete …

The controlled creation of nanometric electromagnetic field confinement via surface plasmon
polariton excitations in metal/insulator/metal heterostructures is described via the concept of …

The increasing energy demands of the world's population and the quickly diminishing fossil
fuel reserves together suggest the urgent need to secure long-lasting alternative and …