Optical metamaterials and nanoplasmonics bridge the gap between conventional optics and
the nanoworld. Exciting and technologically important capabilities range from …

Although a relatively new area of nanoscience, nonlinear plasmonics has become a fertile
ground for the development and testing of new ideas pertaining to light–matter interaction …

Boosting nonlinear frequency conversion in extremely confined volumes remains a
challenge in nano-optics research, but can enable applications in nanomedicine …

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 …

Surface plasmon polaritons, propagating bound oscillations of electrons and light at a metal
surface, have great potential as information carriers for next-generation, highly integrated …

Surface-plasmon-mediated confinement of optical fields holds great promise for on-chip
miniaturization of all-optical circuits,,,. Following successful demonstrations of passive …

We present a generalized 4× 4 matrix formalism for the description of light propagation in
birefringent stratified media. In contrast to previous work, our algorithm is capable of treating …

We demonstrate experimentally the generation and near-field imaging of nondiffracting
surface waves, plasmonic Airy beams, propagating on the surface of a gold metal film. The …

We present to a general readership an overview of the rich variety of phenomena and
applications that arise from the interaction of metallic nanoparticles with light. First, we …

The large amount of light emitted from a light emitting diode (LED) being trapped inside the
semiconductor structure is the consequence of the large value of the refractive index. The …