| Preface | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Electromagnetics of planar surface waves | p. 4 |
| Introduction | p. 4 |
| Topics in electromagnetic theory | p. 5 |
| Media type notation | p. 14 |
| Mode and symmetry notation | p. 18 |
| Wave vector notation | p. 19 |
| Single-interface TE mode fields | p. 20 |
| Single-interface TM mode fields | p. 22 |
| Single-interface generalized fields | p. 24 |
| Double-interface TE mode fields | p. 25 |
| Double-interface TM mode fields | p. 27 |
| Double-interface generalized fields | p. 30 |
| Wave impedance | p. 31 |
| Single-interface mode solution | p. 33 |
| Double-interface mode solution | p. 35 |
| Poynting vector | p. 40 |
| Prism coupling | p. 46 |
| Reflectivity and Goos-Hänchen shift | p. 50 |
| Summary | p. 54 |
| Exercises | p. 55 |
| References | p. 55 |
| Single-interface modes in the microwave regime | p. 56 |
| Introduction | p. 56 |
| Dispersion of m and m | p. 57 |
| Single-interface lossless-mode solutions | p. 60 |
| Lossy modes in the Otto configuration | p. 64 |
| Lossy modes in the Kretschmann configuration | p. 72 |
| Summary | p. 78 |
| Exercises | p. 78 |
| References | p. 79 |
| Single-interface lossless modes in r′-r′ parameter space | p. 80 |
| Introduction | p. 80 |
| System | p. 80 |
| Mode equation solutions | p. 84 |
| Fields and local power flow | p. 87 |
| Summary | p. 93 |
| Exercises | p. 93 |
| References | p. 93 |
| Double-interface lossless modes in r′-r′ parameter space | p. 94 |
| Introduction | p. 94 |
| System | p. 94 |
| Mode equation solutions | p. 99 |
| Complete mode equation solutions: dg = 500nm | p. 100 |
| Complete mode equation solutions: dg = 25nm | p. 110 |
| Summary | p. 119 |
| Exercises | p. 120 |
| References | p. 120 |
| Single-interface surface plasmons | p. 121 |
| Introduction | p. 121 |
| System | p. 121 |
| Mode equation solutions | p. 124 |
| Fields and local power flow | p. 127 |
| Propagating electric fields | p. 132 |
| Surface charge density and fields | p. 133 |
| Modes in the Otto and Kretschmann configurations | p. 135 |
| Summary | p. 139 |
| Exercises | p. 140 |
| References | p. 140 |
| Double-interface surface plasmons in symmetric guides | p. 141 |
| Introduction | p. 141 |
| System | p. 141 |
| Mode equation solutions | p. 144 |
| Fields and local power flow | p. 148 |
| Fields and phasors | p. 154 |
| Surface charge density and fields | p. 156 |
| Modes in the general prism coupling configuration | p. 158 |
| Summary | p. 162 |
| Exercises | p. 162 |
| References | p. 162 |
| Quasi-one-dimensional surface plasmons | p. 164 |
| Introduction | p. 164 |
| Propagating surface plasmons on metallic wires of circular cross section | p. 164 |
| Propagating surface plasmons on metallic wires of noncircular cross section | p. 172 |
| Propagating surface plasmons on hollow cylindrical waveguides | p. 178 |
| Propagating surface plasmons on hollow cylindrical shells | p. 182 |
| Excitation of surface plasmons on nanowires with plane waves | p. 188 |
| Nanowires with noncircular cross sections | p. 196 |
| Summary | p. 198 |
| Exercises | p. 198 |
| References | p. 199 |
| Localized surface plasmons | p. 201 |
| Nanoparticles | p. 201 |
| Nanoholes or nanovoids | p. 221 |
| Nanoshells | p. 224 |
| Other nanoparticle shapes | p. 232 |
| Dual nanoparticles | p. 243 |
| Summary | p. 249 |
| Exercises | p. 251 |
| References | p. 251 |
| Techniques for exciting surface plasmons | p. 256 |
| Introduction | p. 256 |
| Otto configuration | p. 257 |
| Kretschmann configuration | p. 261 |
| Diffraction gratings and Wood's anomalies | p. 263 |
| Surface roughness | p. 274 |
| End-fire coupling | p. 275 |
| Near-field launching | p. 276 |
| Summary | p. 280 |
| Appendix: description of grating code (See the online supplemental material at www.cambridge.org/9780521767170.) | p. 280 |
| Exercises | p. 280 |
| References | p. 281 |
| Plasmonic materials | p. 283 |
| Introduction | p. 283 |
| Real metals | p. 283 |
| Drude metals | p. 293 |
| Summary | p. 302 |
| Exercises | p. 302 |
| References | p. 303 |
| Applications | p. 305 |
| Introduction | p. 305 |
| Measuring the optical constants of metals | p. 305 |
| Chemical and biological sensors | p. 309 |
| Near-field microscopy | p. 315 |
| Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy | p. 320 |
| Nonlinear optics | p. 322 |
| Heat-assisted magnetic recording | p. 324 |
| Nanophotonics | p. 328 |
| Cancer detection and treatment | p. 340 |
| Other applications | p. 341 |
| Summary | p. 343 |
| Exercises | p. 344 |
| References | p. 344 |
| p. 349 |
| Finite-difference time-domain method | p. 349 |
| Poynting vector and local power flow | p. 361 |
| References | p. 267 |
| Index | p. 369 |
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