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NANOPHOTONICS

NANOPHOTONICS

PARAS N. PRASAD

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Prasad, Paras N.

Nanophotonics / Paras N. Prasad.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-471-64988-0 (cloth)

1. Photonics. 2. Nonotechnology. I. Title.

TA1520.P73 2004

621.36—dc22

2004001186

Printed in the United States of America.

10987654321

Summary of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Foundations for Nanophotonics

3. Near-Field Interaction and Microscopy

4. Quantum-Confined Materials

5. Plasmonics

6. Nanocontrol of Excitation Dynamics

7. Growth and Characterization of Nanomaterials

8. Nanostructured Molecular Architectures

9. Photonic Crystals

10. Nanocomposites

11. Nanolithography

12. Biomaterials and Nanophotonics

13. Nanophotonics for Biotechnology and Nanomedicine

14. Nanophotonics and the Marketplace

Contents

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

1.1 Nanophotonics—An Exciting Frontier in Nanotechnology

1.2 Nanophotonics at a Glance

1.3 Multidisciplinary Education, Training, and Research

1.4. Rationale for this Book

1.5 Opportunities for Basic Research and Development of

New Technologies

1.6 Scope of this Book

References

2. Foundations for Nanophotonics

2.1 Photons and Electrons: Similarities and Differences

2.1.1 Free-Space Propagation

2.1.2 Confinement of Photons and Electrons

2.1.3 Propagation Through a Classically Forbidden Zone:

Tunneling

2.1.4 Localization Under a Periodic Potential: Bandgap

2.1.5 Cooperative Effects for Photons and Electrons

2.2 Nanoscale Optical Interactions

2.2.1 Axial Nanoscopic Localization

2.2.2 Lateral Nanoscopic Localization

2.3 Nanoscale Confinement of Electronic Interactions

2.3.1 Quantum Confinement Effects

2.3.2 Nanoscopic Interaction Dynamics

2.3.3 New Cooperative Transitions

2.3.4 Nanoscale Electronic Energy Transfer

2.3.5 Cooperative Emission

2.4 Highlights of the Chapter

References

vii

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