Index
A
Ab initio quantum-chemical approach, 14
Abraham-Lorentz equation, 252
Acoustic echoes, 172
Active Raman spectroscopy. See Surface
enhanced coherent anti-Stokes
Raman scattering (SECARS)
Adaptive algorithms, 275
Adiabatic nanofocusing
approach, 274
cones, 502
implementation, 278
process, 275, 276
waveguide, 9
Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect, 464
plasmonic, 475–479
Aharonov-Casher effect, 478
Algorithmic Information Theory (AIT), 347
Aluminium, 116
Anderson localization, 18, 21, 88, 264n11
Angular Doppler effect (ADE), 473, 492
Angular momentum (AM), 450, 464, 470,
489, 530, 563
eigenstates with, 526
optical, 467
Anisotropic
particles,
polarizationdependent resonances in, 138–
139
Antennas, 8. See also Nanoantennas; Nonlinear optical antennas; Optical
antennas; Plasmonic antennas;
Thermal antennas
Aperiodic order, deterministic, 331
aperiodic order and substitutions, 333–
335
and number theory, 345–347
periodic and quasi-periodic order, 331–
333
Aperiodic plasmon arrays, engineering
applications of, 352
to colorimetric optical sensing, 360–363
to light emission enhancement, 363–366
nanofabrication of, 352–356
to surface enhanced Raman biosensing,
356–360
to thin-film solar cell enhancement, 367–
370
Aperiodic Vogel spiral structures, 340
Atomic layer deposition (ALD), 136
Autocorrelation function, 63
2D, 362, 363
Azimuthal angle, 368, 466, 476, 480, 482,
489
Azimuthal number, 343, 344
B
Bandwidth delay product (BDP), 409
Beer’s law, 137
Berry phase shift, 496
Berry’s phase, 464, 467, 468, 470, 472, 473
Berry’s phase theory, 464
Bessel functions, 343, 467, 482, 561
Bessel order, 344
Bistable spasers, 75, 76–77
Blackbodies, 284, 306, 319,
near-field analog of, 312–315
source, 287
specific intensity, 284
Bloch equations. See Optical Bloch equations
Bloch modes, 409
Bloch theorem, 88
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A
Ab initio quantum-chemical approach, 14
Abraham-Lorentz equation, 252
Acoustic echoes, 172
Active Raman spectroscopy. See Surface
enhanced coherent anti-Stokes
Raman scattering (SECARS)
Adaptive algorithms, 275
Adiabatic nanofocusing
approach, 274
cones, 502
implementation, 278
process, 275, 276
waveguide, 9
Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect, 464
plasmonic, 475–479
Aharonov-Casher effect, 478
Algorithmic Information Theory (AIT), 347
Aluminium, 116
Anderson localization, 18, 21, 88, 264n11
Angular Doppler effect (ADE), 473, 492
Angular momentum (AM), 450, 464, 470,
489, 530, 563
eigenstates with, 526
optical, 467
Anisotropic
particles,
polarizationdependent resonances in, 138–
139
Antennas, 8. See also Nanoantennas; Nonlinear optical antennas; Optical
antennas; Plasmonic antennas;
Thermal antennas
Aperiodic order, deterministic, 331
aperiodic order and substitutions, 333–
335
and number theory, 345–347
periodic and quasi-periodic order, 331–
333
Aperiodic plasmon arrays, engineering
applications of, 352
to colorimetric optical sensing, 360–363
to light emission enhancement, 363–366
nanofabrication of, 352–356
to surface enhanced Raman biosensing,
356–360
to thin-film solar cell enhancement, 367–
370
Aperiodic Vogel spiral structures, 340
Atomic layer deposition (ALD), 136
Autocorrelation function, 63
2D, 362, 363
Azimuthal angle, 368, 466, 476, 480, 482,
489
Azimuthal number, 343, 344
B
Bandwidth delay product (BDP), 409
Beer’s law, 137
Berry phase shift, 496
Berry’s phase, 464, 467, 468, 470, 472, 473
Berry’s phase theory, 464
Bessel functions, 343, 467, 482, 561
Bessel order, 344
Bistable spasers, 75, 76–77
Blackbodies, 284, 306, 319,
near-field analog of, 312–315
source, 287
specific intensity, 284
Bloch equations. See Optical Bloch equations
Bloch modes, 409
Bloch theorem, 88
T. V. Shahbazyan and M. I. Stockman (eds.), Plasmonics: Theory and Applications,
567
Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 15,
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7805-4, © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013