Active plasmonics is a burgeoning and challenging subfield of plasmonics. It exploits the
active control of surface plasmon resonance. In this review, a first-ever in-depth description …

In the past 20 years, we have reached a broad understanding of many light-driven
phenomena in nanoscale systems. The temporal dynamics of the excited states are instead …

The rapid developments in nanotechnology and plasmonics allow the manipulation of light
at nanometer scales, such as light propagation and resonances. Differing from the …

Requirements of integrated photonics and miniaturisation of optical devices demand
efficient nonlinear components not constrained by conventional macroscopic nonlinear …

Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is essentially a collective oscillation of free
electrons in nanostructured metals. Interband excitation may also produce conduction-band …

Controlling light with light is essential for all‐optical switching, data processing in optical
communications and computing. Until now, all‐optical control of light has relied almost …

Plasmonic structures possess rich physics related to the sensitivity of plasmon resonance to
the change in the environmental dielectric constant, the enhanced light scattering and …

Nanotube assemblies represent an emerging class of advanced functional materials, whose
utility is however hampered by intricate production processes. In this work, three classes of …

Writing spatial information on ultrafast all-optical switching is essential for constructing
ultrafast processing units in photonic applications, such as optical communication and …

Ultrafast optical switch based on plasmonic nanostructures has large application potentials
in optical logic circuits and optical communication systems. Integration of plasmonic optical …