Description
Book SynopsisPlasmonics is an emerging field mainly developed within the past two decades. Due to its unique capabilities to manipulate light at deep subwavelength scales, plasmonics has been commonly treated as the most important part of nanophotonics. Plasmonic-assisted optical microscopy techniques, especially super-resolution microscopy, have shown tremendous potential and attracted much attention.
This book aims to collect cutting-edge studies in various optical imaging technologies with advanced performances that are enabled or enhanced by plasmonics. The basic working principles, development details, and potential future direction and perspectives are discussed. Edited by Zhaowei Liu, a prominent researcher in the field of super-resolution microscopy, this book will be an excellent reference for anyone in the field of nanophotonics, plasmonics, and optical microscopy.
Trade ReviewThis is a book dedicated to the applications of plasmonics (the propagation of electromagnetic fields in nanosized structures) in high-resolution imaging, which is a hot topic in optics.
The book is divided into three main parts, with the first part (chapters 1-3) dealing with plasmonic concepts and devices for super-resolution in microscopy, such as superlenses, metalenses and hyperlenses. The second part of the book (chapters 4-9) is dedicated to applications of plasmonics in various imaging methods such as structured illumination microscopy, stimulated emission depletion microscopy, and single-molecule spectroscopy. The last part of the book (chapters 10-12) is dedicated to applications in nanotechnology, plasmonic coloring and bioimaging.
The book is written by experts in the field, is beautifully illustrated, and is a must for anyone interested in modern topics in optics.
Review by Daniela Dragoman, University of Bucharest, Romania
Table of ContentsThe Far-Field Superlens. Beating the Diffraction Limit with Positive Refraction: The Resonant Metalens Approach. Ultrathin Metalenses and Three-Dimensional Optical Holography Using Metasurfaces. Plasmonic-Structured Illumination Microscopy. Optical Super-Resolution Imaging Using Surface Plasmon Polaritons. Hyperlenses and Metalenses. Modeling Linear and Nonlinear Hyperlens Structures. Nanoparticle-Assisted Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) Super-Resolution Nanoscopy. Lab-on-Antennas: Plasmonic Antennas for Single-Molecule Spectroscopy. Plasmonic Lenses for High-Throughput Nanolithography. Plasmonic Nanoresonators for Spectral Color Filters and Structural Colored Pigments. Plasmonic Microscopy for Biomedical Imaging.
