Optical Near Fields
Subtitle: Introduction to Classical and Quantum Theories of Electromagnetic Phenomena at the Nanoscale
By: by Motoichi Ohtsu, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Contributors: Kobayashi, Kiyoshi
Series: Advanced Texts in Physics; Advanced Texts in Physics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9783642073434; 9783662091043
Subjects: Nanotechnology; Physics
Description: Using the thin film of light, the optical near field, that is localized on the surface of a nanometric material has removed the diffraction limit as a barrier to imaging on the nano- and atomic scales. But a paradigm shift in the concepts of optics and optical technology is required to understand the instrinsic nature of the near fields and how best to exploit them. Professors Ohstu and Kobayashi crafted Optical Near Fields on the basis of their hypothesis that the full potential for utilizing optical near fields can be realized only with novel nanometric processing, functions, and manipulation, i.e., by controlling the intrinsic interaction between nanometer-sized optical near fields and material systems, and further, atoms. The book presents physically intuitive concepts and theories for students, engineers, and scientists engaged in research in nanophotonics and atom photonics.
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Table of contents: title: Deadlocks in Conventional Optical Science and Technology; title: Breaking Through the Diffraction Limit by Optical Near Field; title: Past and Present of Near-Field Optics; title: Dipole; title: Dipole Interaction Model of Optical Near Field; title: Electrodynamics of Oscillating Electric Dipoles; title: Self-Consistent Method Using a Propagator; title: Picture of Optical Near Field Based on Electric Charges Induced on the Surface and Polarized Currents; title: Picture of Optical Near Field as a Virtual Cloud Around a Nanometric System Surrounded by a Macroscopic System; title: Application to Nanophotonics and Atom Photonics; title: Appendices; title: Solutions to Problems.