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Contributors |
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1 Spaser, Plasmonic Amplification, and Loss Compensation |
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1.1 Introduction to Spasers and Spasing |
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1.2.1 Brief Overview of the Latest Progress in Spasers |
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1.3 Quantum Theory of Spaser |
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1.3.1 Surface Plasmon Eigenmodes and Their Quantization |
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1.3.2 Quantum Density Matrix Equations (Optical Bloch Equations) for Spaser |
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1.3.3 Equations for CW Regime |
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1.3.4 Spaser operation in CW Mode |
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1.3.5 Spaser as Ultrafast Quantum Nanoamplifier |
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1.3.6 Monostable Spaser as a Nanoamplifier in Transient Regime |
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1.4 Compensation of Loss by Gain and Spasing |
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1.4.1 Introduction to Loss Compensation by Gain |
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1.4.2 Permittivity of Nanoplasmonic Metamaterial |
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1.4.3 Plasmonic Eigenmodes and Effective Resonant Permittivity of Metamaterials |
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1.4.4 Conditions of Loss Compensation by Gain and Spasing |
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1.4.5 Discussion of Spasing and Loss Compensation by Gain |
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1.4.6 Discussion of Published Research on Spasing and Loss Compensations |
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2 Nonlinear Effects in Plasmonic Systems |
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2.2 Metallic Nonlinearities-Basic Effects and Models |
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2.2.1 Local Nonlinearity-Transients by Carrier Heating |
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2.2.2 Plasma Nonlinearity-The Ponderomotive Force |
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2.2.3 Parametric Process in Metals |
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2.2.4 Metal Damage and Ablation |
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2.3 Nonlinear Propagation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons |
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2.3.1 Nonlinear SPP Modes |
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2.3.3 Nonlinear Plasmonic Waveguide Couplers |
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2.4 Localized Surface Plasmon Nonlinearity |
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2.4.1 Cavities and Nonlinear Interactions Enhancement |
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2.4.2 Enhancement of Nonlinear Vacuum Effects |
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2.4.3 High Harmonic Generation |
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2.4.4 Localized Field Enhancement Limitations |
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3 Plasmonic Nanorod Metamaterials as a Platform for Active Nanophotonics |
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3.2 Nanorod Metamaterial Geometry |
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3.3.1 Microscopic Description of the Metamaterial Electromagnetic Modes |
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3.3.2 Effective Medium Theory of the Nanorod Metamaterial |
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3.3.3 Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials and Spatial Dispersion Effects |
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3.3.4 Guided Modes in the Anisotropic Metamaterial Slab |
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3.4 Nonlinear Effects in Nanorod Metamaterials |
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3.4.1 Nanorod Metamaterial Hybridized with Nonlinear Dielectric |
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3.4.2 Intrinsic Metal Nonlinearity of Nanorod Metamaterials |
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3.5 Molecular Plasmonics in Metamaterials |
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3.6 Electro-Optical Effects in Plasmonic Nanorod Metamaterial Hybridized with Liquid Crystals |
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4 Transformation Optics for Plasmonics |
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4.2 The Conformal Transformation Approach |
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4.2.1 A Set of Canonic Plasmonic Structures |
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4.2.2 Perfect Singular Structures |
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4.2.3 Singular Plasmonic Structures |
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4.2.3.1 Conformal Mapping of Singular Structures |
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4.2.3.2 Conformal Mapping of Blunt-Ended Singular Structures |
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4.2.4 Resonant Plasmonic Structures |
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4.3 Broadband Light Harvesting and Nanofocusing |
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4.3.1 Broadband Light Absorption |
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4.3.2 Balance between Energy Accumulation and Dissipation |
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4.4 Surface Plasmons and Singularities |
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4.4.1 Control of the Bandwidth with the Vertex Angle |
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4.4.2 Effect of the Bluntness |
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4.5 Plasmonic Hybridization Revisited with Transformation Optics |
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4.5.1 A Resonant Behavior |
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4.5.2 Nanofocusing Properties |
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4.6 Beyond the Quasi-Static Approximation |
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4.6.1 Conformal Transformation Picture |
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4.6.3 Fluorescence Enhancement |
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4.6.3.1 Fluorescence Enhancement in the Near-Field of Nanoantenna |
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4.7.1 Conformal Mapping of Nonlocality |
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4.7.2 Toward the Physics of Local Dimers |
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5 Loss Compensation and Amplification of Surface Plasmon Polaritons |
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5.2 Surface Plasmon Waveguides |
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5.2.1 Unidimensional Structures |
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5.2.2 Bidimensional Structures |
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5.2.3 Confinement-Attenuation Trade-Off |
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5.2.4 Optical Processes Involving SPPs |
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5.4 Symmetric Metal Films |
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5.6.1 Dielectric-Loaded SPP Waveguides |
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5.6.2 Hybrid SPP Waveguide |
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6 Controlling Light Propagation with Interfacial Phase Discontinuities |
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6.1 Phase Response of Optical Antennas |
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6.1.2 Single Oscillator Model for Linear Optical Antennas |
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6.1.3 Two-Oscillator Model for 2D Structures Supporting Two Orthogonal Plasmonic Modes |
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6.1.4 Analytical Models for V-Shaped Optical Antennas |
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6.1.5 Optical Properties of V-Shaped Antennas: Experiments and Simulations |
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6.2 Application's of Phased Optical Antenna Arrays |
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6.2.1 Generalized Laws of Reflection and Refraction: Meta-Interfaces with Phase Discontinuities |
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6.2.2 Out-of-Plane Reflection and Refraction of Light by Meta-Interfaces |
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6.2.3 Giant and Tuneable Optical Birefringence |
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6.2.4 Vortex Beams Created by Meta-Interfaces |
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7 Integrated Plasmonic Detectors |
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7.2 Electrical Detection of Surface Plasmons |
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7.2.1 Plasmon Detection with Tunnel Junctions |
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7.2.2 Plasmon-Enhanced Solar Cells |
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7.2.3 Plasmon-Enhanced Photodetectors |
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7.2.4 Waveguide-Integrated Surface Plasmon Polariton Detectors |
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8 Terahertz Plasmonic Surfaces for Sensing |
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8.1 The Terahertz Region for Sensing |
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8.3 SPPs on Semiconductor Surfaces |
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8.3.1 Active Control of Semiconductor Plasmonics |
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8.4 SSPP on Structured Metal Surfaces |
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8.5 THz Plasmonic Antennas |
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8.6 Extraordinary Transmission |
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8.7 THz Plasmons on Graphene |
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9 Subwavelength Imaging by Extremely Anisotropic Media |
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9.1 Introduction to Canalization Regime of Subwavelength Imaging |
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9.2 Wire Medium Lens at the Microwave Frequencies |
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9.3 Magnifying and Demagnifying Lenses with Super-Resolution |
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9.4 Imaging at the Terahertz and Infrared Frequencies |
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9.5 Nanolenses Formed by Nanorod Arrays for the Visible Frequency Range |
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9.6 Superlenses and Hyperlenses Formed by Multilayered Metal-Dielectric Nanostructures |
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10 Active and Tuneable Metallic Nanoslit Lenses |
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10.2 Polarization-Selective Gold Nanoslit Lenses |
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10.2.1 Design Concept of Gold Nanoslit Lenses |
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10.2.2 Experimental Demonstration of Gold Nanoslit Lenses |
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10.3 Metallic Nanoslit Lenses with Focal-Intensity Tuneability and Focal Length Shifting |
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10.3.1 Liquid Crystal-Controlled Nanoslit Lenses |
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10.3.2 Nonlinear Materials for Controlling Nanoslit Lenses |
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10.4 Lamellar Structures with Hyperbolic Dispersion Enable Subwavelength Focusing with Metallic Nanoslits |
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10.4.1 Active Lamellar Structures with Hyperbolic Dispersion |
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10.4.2 Subwavelength Focusing with Active Lamellar Structures |
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10.4.3 Experimental Demonstration of Subwavelength Diffraction |
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