Nanowires supporting propagating surface plasmons can function as nanowaveguides to
realize the light guiding with field confinement beyond the diffraction limit, providing …

Plasmonic sensing has been an important multidisciplinary research field and has been
extensively used in detection of trace molecules in chemistry and biology. The sensing …

Infrared absorption spectroscopy is a powerful biochemical analysis tool as it extracts
detailed molecular structural information in a label-free fashion. Its molecular specificity …

Chiral surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) can be generated by linearly polarized light
incident at the end of a nanowire, exciting a coherent superposition of three specific …

Controlling light emission from quantum emitters has important applications, ranging from
solid-state lighting and displays to nanoscale single-photon sources. Optical antennas have …

Core–shell nanoparticles have attracted surging interests due to their flexibly tunable
resonances and various applications in medical diagnostics, biosensing, nanolasers, and …

Recent progress in nanophotonics includes demonstrations of meta-materials displaying
negative refraction at optical frequencies, directional single photon sources, plasmonic …

We present to a general readership an overview of the rich variety of phenomena and
applications that arise from the interaction of metallic nanoparticles with light. First, we …

This consistent and systematic review of recent advances in optical antenna theory and
practice brings together leading experts in the fields of electrical engineering, nano-optics …

We exploit a plasmon mediated two-step momentum down-conversion scheme to convert
low-energy tunneling electrons into propagating photons. Surface plasmon polaritons …