Optical Near Fields : Introduction to Classical and Quantum Theories of Electromagnetic Phenomena at the Nanoscale /

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 th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ohtsu, Motoichi
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kobayashi, Kiyoshi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.
Series:Advanced texts in physics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Deadlocks in Conventional Optical Science and Technology
  • Breaking Through the Diffraction Limit by Optical Near Field
  • Past and Present of Near-Field Optics
  • Dipole
  • Dipole Interaction Model of Optical Near Field
  • Electrodynamics of Oscillating Electric Dipoles
  • Self-Consistent Method Using a Propagator
  • Picture of Optical Near Field Based on Electric Charges Induced on the Surface and Polarized Currents
  • Picture of Optical Near Field as a Virtual Cloud Around a Nanometric System Surrounded by a Macroscopic System
  • Application to Nanophotonics and Atom Photonics
  • Appendices
  • Solutions to Problems.