568
Index
Boltzmann distribution, 114
Boltzmann equation, 175, 179
Boltzmann factor, 110
Boltzmann’s constant, 284
Boltzmann’s law, 300
Bombieri–Taylor theorem, 336
Born von Karman conditions, 305
Bose-Einstein distribution, 286, 289
Boundary-element method (BEM), 224–227
Bragg grating, 464, 469
Bragg peaks, 332, 333, 336, 336n3, 339, 342,
347
Bragg period, 464
Bragg reflection, 88
Bragg scattering, 360, 368
Brillouin formula, 4, 83
Brillouin zone, 171, 182, 184, 187, 189, 241,
308, 335
Büttiker-Landauer formula, 304–306
C
Cathodoluminescence, 276
CdS/Ag nanolasers, 60
Chemical first layer effects, 107
Chemiluminescence, 520
Circular light scattering, 340, 364
Cluster-cluster aggregates (CCA), 18, 19,
26, 27
Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Scattering
(CARS), 111, 112, 120, 256, 257
Collectively enhanced IR absorption
(CEIRA), 118
Collinear FWM spectroscopy, 278
Colorimetric fingerprints, 361, 362, 363
COMSOL, 162
Continuous wave (CW) regime, 59
equations for, 67–69
spacers in, 69–72
Cosmol Multiphysics, 405
Contact angle hysteresis (CAH), 508
Controlled emission, multilayers and photonic crystals for, 299–300
Controlled emission spectrum, metamaterials with, 298–299
Cooperative effects, in plasmonics. See
Plasmon-mediated superradiance
near metal nanostructures; Resonance energy transfer near metal
nanostructures
Co-prime arrays, 345, 346, 350
Coriolis effect, 464, 496
Coulomb forces, 432
Coupled dipole approximation (CDA), 368
Coupled thermal antenna lattices, 492–496
Coupler period, 464
Cross conversion, 380, 393–394
Cross-correlation FROG (XFROG), 276
Crossed gratings, 298
Cumulative distribution of field enhancement (CDFE), 349, 350
D
Damping of surface plasmon polaritons
experimental studies of plasmon lifetimes, 253–255
theory of radiative and nonradiative
decay, 249–253
Dark modes, 21
Dark-field scattering micro-spectroscopy,
363
De Broglie wavelength, 244
Debye model, 177, 254
Debye temperature, 170, 177
Debye wave vector, 179
Density of states (DOS), 21, 240, 261, 269,
284, 309, 310, 338, 432
Detector sensitivity, 360
Deterministic aperiodic nano-structures
(DANS), 330, 352, 353, 359, 360,
361, 362, 363, 364, 370
developing DANS arrays, 357, 358
two-dimensional (2D) plasmonic, 331
Deterministic aperiodic order, fundamentals
of, 331
aperiodic order and number theory, 345–
347
aperiodic order and substitutions, 333–
335
hot spot engineering with aperiodic plasmon arrays, 348–352
periodic and quasi-periodic order, 331–
333
plasmonic chains, 336–339
rotational symmetry, aperiodic tilings
and Vogel spirals, 339–345
Detuned electrical dipoles (DED) metamaterails, applications, 415
metamaterial wave retarders, 421–426
plasmonic sensing, 415–421
Detuned electrical dipoles (DED) metamaterials, optical transparency and
slow light, 403–405
experimental study, 412–415
three-nanorad system, 410–412
Index
Boltzmann distribution, 114
Boltzmann equation, 175, 179
Boltzmann factor, 110
Boltzmann’s constant, 284
Boltzmann’s law, 300
Bombieri–Taylor theorem, 336
Born von Karman conditions, 305
Bose-Einstein distribution, 286, 289
Boundary-element method (BEM), 224–227
Bragg grating, 464, 469
Bragg peaks, 332, 333, 336, 336n3, 339, 342,
347
Bragg period, 464
Bragg reflection, 88
Bragg scattering, 360, 368
Brillouin formula, 4, 83
Brillouin zone, 171, 182, 184, 187, 189, 241,
308, 335
Büttiker-Landauer formula, 304–306
C
Cathodoluminescence, 276
CdS/Ag nanolasers, 60
Chemical first layer effects, 107
Chemiluminescence, 520
Circular light scattering, 340, 364
Cluster-cluster aggregates (CCA), 18, 19,
26, 27
Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Scattering
(CARS), 111, 112, 120, 256, 257
Collectively enhanced IR absorption
(CEIRA), 118
Collinear FWM spectroscopy, 278
Colorimetric fingerprints, 361, 362, 363
COMSOL, 162
Continuous wave (CW) regime, 59
equations for, 67–69
spacers in, 69–72
Cosmol Multiphysics, 405
Contact angle hysteresis (CAH), 508
Controlled emission, multilayers and photonic crystals for, 299–300
Controlled emission spectrum, metamaterials with, 298–299
Cooperative effects, in plasmonics. See
Plasmon-mediated superradiance
near metal nanostructures; Resonance energy transfer near metal
nanostructures
Co-prime arrays, 345, 346, 350
Coriolis effect, 464, 496
Coulomb forces, 432
Coupled dipole approximation (CDA), 368
Coupled thermal antenna lattices, 492–496
Coupler period, 464
Cross conversion, 380, 393–394
Cross-correlation FROG (XFROG), 276
Crossed gratings, 298
Cumulative distribution of field enhancement (CDFE), 349, 350
D
Damping of surface plasmon polaritons
experimental studies of plasmon lifetimes, 253–255
theory of radiative and nonradiative
decay, 249–253
Dark modes, 21
Dark-field scattering micro-spectroscopy,
363
De Broglie wavelength, 244
Debye model, 177, 254
Debye temperature, 170, 177
Debye wave vector, 179
Density of states (DOS), 21, 240, 261, 269,
284, 309, 310, 338, 432
Detector sensitivity, 360
Deterministic aperiodic nano-structures
(DANS), 330, 352, 353, 359, 360,
361, 362, 363, 364, 370
developing DANS arrays, 357, 358
two-dimensional (2D) plasmonic, 331
Deterministic aperiodic order, fundamentals
of, 331
aperiodic order and number theory, 345–
347
aperiodic order and substitutions, 333–
335
hot spot engineering with aperiodic plasmon arrays, 348–352
periodic and quasi-periodic order, 331–
333
plasmonic chains, 336–339
rotational symmetry, aperiodic tilings
and Vogel spirals, 339–345
Detuned electrical dipoles (DED) metamaterails, applications, 415
metamaterial wave retarders, 421–426
plasmonic sensing, 415–421
Detuned electrical dipoles (DED) metamaterials, optical transparency and
slow light, 403–405
experimental study, 412–415
three-nanorad system, 410–412