Optical Near Fields: Introduction to Classical and Quantum Theories of Electromagnetic Phenomena at the Nanoscale / Edition 1

by Motoichi Ohtsu, Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Overview

This book outlines physically intuitive concepts and theories for students, engineers, and scientists who will be engaged in research in nanophotonics and atom photonics. The main topic is the optical near field, i.e., the thin film of light that is localized on the surface of a nanometric material. In the early 1980s, one of the authors (M. Ohtsu) started his pioneering research on optical near fields because he judged that nanometer-sized light would be required to shift the paradigm of optical science and technology. This field of research did not exist previously, and was not compatible with trends in opticalscienceandtechnology.However,hewasencouragedbytheknowledge that scientists in other countries started similar research in the mid 1980s. In the 1990s, optical technology progressed very rapidly and the p- tonics industry developed, but further progress became difficult due to the fundamental limit of light known as the diffraction limit. However, there was a growing awareness among scientists and engineers that this limit can be overcome using optical near fields. Since a drastic paradigm shift in the c- cepts of optics is required to understand the intrinsic nature of optical near fields, the demand for a textbook on this subject has increased. The present book aims to meet this demand.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642073434
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/06/2010
Series:	Advanced Texts in Physics , #9
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

1 Deadlocks in Conventional Optical Science and Technology.- 2 Breaking Through the Diffraction Limit by Optical Near Field.- 3 Past and Present of Near-Field Optics.- 4 Dipole—Dipole Interaction Model of Optical Near Field.- 5 Electrodynamics of Oscillating Electric Dipoles.- 6 Self-Consistent Method Using a Propagator.- 7 Picture of Optical Near Field Based on Electric Charges Induced on the Surface and Polarized Currents.- 8 Picture of Optical Near Field as a Virtual Cloud Around a Nanometric System Surrounded by a Macroscopic System.- 9 Application to Nanophotonics and Atom Photonics.- A Basic Formulae of Electromagnetism.- A.1 Maxwell’s Equations and Related Formulae.- A.1.1 Static Electric and Magnetic Fields.- A.1.2 Dynamic Electric and Magnetic Fields.- A.1.3 Electromagnetic Fields Generated by an Electric Dipole.- A.1.4 Power Radiated from an Electric Dipole.- B Refractive Index of a Metal.- C Exciton—Polariton.- D Derivation of Equations in Chapter 8.- D.1 Derivation of (8.1).- D.2 Derivation of (8.2).- D.3 Derivation of (8.3).- D.4 Projection Operator Method and Derivation of (8.5).- D.4.1 Definition of a Projection Operator.- D.4.2 Derivation of an Effective Operator.- D.6 Derivation of (8.9).- D.7 Derivation of (8.12).- Solutions to Problems.- References.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"The main topic of this book is the optical near field, i.e., the thin film of light that is localized on the surface of a nanometric material. … the book outlines physically intuitive concepts and theories for students, engineers, and scientists who will be engaged in research in nanophotonics and atom photonics. … this book is a good and complete overview of the subject." (Olivier Van Overschelde, Physicalia, Vol. 57 (3), 2005)

"The authors introduce this work as a textbook for the new field of near field optics. … Many of the ideas expressed in the book are original, interesting and thought provoking. Physical insight and intuition plays an important role, making it enjoyable and relatively easy reading. Libraries associated with nanotechnology and/or optics should possess the book. … In conclusion, this is a nice book that is suitable as a reference and good reading for engineers, scientists and graduate students with adequate background … ." (Professor J. Shamir, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 46 (1), 2005)

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