Chapter 1
Nanoplasmonics: From Present into Future
Mark I. Stockman
Abstract A review of nanoplasmonics is given. This includes fundamentals,
nanolocalization of optical energy and hot spots, ultrafast nanoplasmonics and control
of the spatiotemporal nanolocalization of optical fields, and quantum nanoplasmonics (spaser and gain plasmonics). This chapter reviews both fundamental theoretical
ideas in nanoplasmonics and selected experimental developments. It is designed both
for specialists in the field and general physics readership.
Keywords Plasmon · Spaser · Stimulated emission · Generation threshold
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Preamble
This is a review chapter on fundamentals of nanoplasmonics. Admittedly, the selection of the included subjects reflects the interests and expertise of the author.
We have made a conscious decision not to include such important and highly developed subject as SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering). The reason is that this
subject is too large and too specialized for this chapter. There is an extensive literature devoted to SERS. This includes both reviews and original publications—see,
e.g., Refs. [1–5] and a representative collective monograph [6]. Another important
subject that we do not include in this review is the extraordinary transmission of light
through subwavelength holes—there are extensive literature and excellent reviews
M. I. Stockman (B)
Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Max Plank Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching at Munich, Germany · Georgia State
University, Atlanta, GA30340, USA
e-mail: mstockman@gsu.edu
T. V. Shahbazyan and M. I. Stockman (eds.), Plasmonics: Theory and Applications,
1
Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 15,
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7805-4_1, © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Nanoplasmonics: From Present into Future
Mark I. Stockman
Abstract A review of nanoplasmonics is given. This includes fundamentals,
nanolocalization of optical energy and hot spots, ultrafast nanoplasmonics and control
of the spatiotemporal nanolocalization of optical fields, and quantum nanoplasmonics (spaser and gain plasmonics). This chapter reviews both fundamental theoretical
ideas in nanoplasmonics and selected experimental developments. It is designed both
for specialists in the field and general physics readership.
Keywords Plasmon · Spaser · Stimulated emission · Generation threshold
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Preamble
This is a review chapter on fundamentals of nanoplasmonics. Admittedly, the selection of the included subjects reflects the interests and expertise of the author.
We have made a conscious decision not to include such important and highly developed subject as SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering). The reason is that this
subject is too large and too specialized for this chapter. There is an extensive literature devoted to SERS. This includes both reviews and original publications—see,
e.g., Refs. [1–5] and a representative collective monograph [6]. Another important
subject that we do not include in this review is the extraordinary transmission of light
through subwavelength holes—there are extensive literature and excellent reviews
M. I. Stockman (B)
Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Max Plank Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching at Munich, Germany · Georgia State
University, Atlanta, GA30340, USA
e-mail: mstockman@gsu.edu
T. V. Shahbazyan and M. I. Stockman (eds.), Plasmonics: Theory and Applications,
1
Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 15,
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7805-4_1, © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013