Principles of Nano-Optics.PDF

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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankPRINCIPLESOFNANO-OPTICSNano-opticsisthestudyofopticalphenomenaandtechniquesonthenanometerscale,thatis,nearorbeyondthediffractionlimitoflight.Itisanemergingfieldofstudy,motivatedbytherapidadvanceofnanoscienceandnanotechnologywhichrequireadequatetoo

2、lsandstrategiesforfabrication,manipulationandcharacteri-zationatthisscale.InPrinciplesofNano-Opticstheauthorsprovideacomprehensiveoverviewofthetheoreticalandexperimentalconceptsnecessarytounderstandandworkinnano-optics.Withaverybroadperspective,theycoveropticalphenomenareleva

3、nttothenanoscaleacrossdiverseareasrangingfromquantumopticstobiophysics,introducingandextensivelydescribingallofthesignificantmethods.Thisisthefirsttextbookspecificallyonnano-optics.Writtenforgraduatestu-dentswhowanttoenterthefield,itincludesproblemsetstoreinforceandextendthediscu

4、ssion.Itisalsoavaluablereferenceforresearchersandcourseteachers.LUKASNOVOTNYisProfessorofOpticsandPhysicsattheUniversityofRochester.HeheadstheNano-OpticsResearchGroupattheInstituteofOptics,UniversityofRochester.HereceivedhisPh.D.fromtheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnology(ETH)in

5、Switzerland.HelaterjoinedthePacificNorthwestNationalLaboratory,WA,USA,whereheworkedintheChemicalStructureandDynamicsGroup.In1999hejoinedthefacultyoftheInstituteofOpticsattheUniversityofRochester.Hedevelopedacourseonnano-opticswhichwastaughtseveraltimesatthegraduatelevelandwhic

6、hformsthebasisofthistextbook.Hisgeneralinter-estisinnanoscalelight–matterinteractionsrangingfromquestionsinsolid-statephysicstobiophysicalapplications.BERTHECHTisHeadoftheNano-OpticsGroupandamemberoftheSwissNa-tionalCenterofCompetenceinResearchinNanoscaleScienceattheInstitute

7、ofPhysicsattheUniversityofBasel.AfterstudyingPhysicsattheUniversityofKon-stanz,hejoinedtheIBMZurichResearchLaboratoryinRuschlikonandworkedin¨near-fieldopticalmicroscopyandplasmonics.In1996hereceivedhisPh.D.fromtheUniversityofBasel.HethenjoinedtheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnolo

8、gy(ETH)whereheworkedinthePhysicalChemistryLaboratoryonsingle-molecul