In this review we describe fundamentals of scanning near-field optical microscopy with
aperture probes. After the discussion of instrumentation and probe fabrication, aspects of …

The coupling between light and collective oscillations of free carriers at metallic surfaces
and nanostructures is at the origin of one of the main fields of nanophotonics: plasmonics …

We are develo** a high-resolution printing technique based on transferring a pattern from
an elastomeric stamp to a solid substrate by conformal contact. This is an attempt to …

Nanotechnology enables in principle a precise map** from design to device but relied so
far on human intuition and simple optimizations. In nanophotonics, a central question is how …

We present a biorthogonal approach for modeling the response of localized electromagnetic
resonators using quasinormal modes, which represent the natural, dissipative eigenmodes …

Recently, split ring resonators SRRs have been successfully used to build left-handed
metamaterials. 1–3 In such a composite material, the electromagnetic waves behave in a …

The optical properties of plasmonic dipole and bowtie nanoan-tennas are investigated in
detail using the Green's tensor technique. The influence of the geometrical parameters …

Electromagnetic cavity modes in photonic and plasmonic resonators offer rich and attractive
regimes for tailoring the properties of light–matter interactions, yet there is a disturbing lack …

We investigate numerically the spectrum of plasmon resonances for metallic nanowires with
a nonregular cross section, in the 20–50 nm range. We first consider the resonance spectra …

Nanoscale photonic systems involve a broad variety of light–matter interaction regimes
beyond the diffraction limit and have opened the path for a variety of application …