Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications by Stefan A. Maier

Considered a major field of photonics, plasmonics offers the potential to confine and guide light below the diffraction limit and promises a new generation of highly miniaturized photonic devices. This book combines a comprehensive introduction with an extensive overview of the current state of the art. Coverage includes plasmon waveguides, cavities for field-enhancement, nonlar processes and the emerging field of active plasmonics studying interactions of surface plasmons with active media.