The Case for Plasmonics
Abstract
Just over a decade ago, the term “plasmonics” was coined for a promising new device technology that aims to exploit the unique optical properties of metallic nanostructures to enable routing and active manipulation of light at the nanoscale (1). At the same time, it was already well established that tiny metallic particles have a number of valuable optical properties that are derived from their ability to support collective light-induced electronic excitations, known as surface plasmons. Most notably, nanostructured metals dramatically alter the way light scatters from molecules, and this later led to the development of an important optical spectroscopy technique called surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (2–4).
Keywords
SCALE; NANOWIRES; LIGHT
DOI
10.1126/science.1186905
Citation
Science 23 Apr 2010: Vol. 328, Issue 5977, pp. 440-441
Date of this Version
4-2010
Recommended Citation
Brongersma, Mark L. and Shalaev, V. M., "The Case for Plasmonics" (2010). Birck and NCN Publications. Paper 700.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1186905
Comments
Mark L. Brongersma, Vladimir M. Shalaev. The Case for Plasmonics. Science 23 Apr 2010: Vol. 328, Issue 5977, pp. 440-441. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1186905