Infrared photodetectors (IRPDs) have become important devices in various applications
such as night vision, military missile tracking, medical imaging, industry defect imaging …

Biosensors have been designed and developed for detecting biomarkers, biomolecules,
proteins, enzymes, organisms, and various types of bacterial and viral diseases since the …

The original Kerker effect was introduced for a hypothetical magnetic sphere, and initially it
did not attract much attention due to a lack of magnetic materials required. Rejuvenated by …

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is the manifestation of a resonance effect due to the
interaction of conduction electrons of metal nanoparticles with incident photons. The …

Nanoantennas for visible and infrared radiation can strongly enhance the interaction of light
with nanoscale matter by their ability to efficiently link propagating and spatially localized …

The field of optical nanoantennas, a rapidly develo** area of optics, is reviewed. The
basic concept of an optical antenna is formulated and major characteristics relevant to this …

Dynamic switching of a plasmonic resonance may find numerous applications in
subwavelength optoelectronics, spectroscopy, and sensing. Graphene shows a highly …

Plasmonics offer an exciting way to mediate the interaction between light and matter,
allowing strong field enhancement and confinement, large absorption and scattering at …

In the emerging field of thermoplasmonics, Joule heating associated with optically resonant
plasmonic structures is exploited to generate nanoscale thermal hotspots. In the present …

Tailoring of electromagnetic spontaneous emission predicted by EM Purcell more than 50
years ago has undoubtedly proven to be one of the most important effects in the rich areas of …