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Plasmonics has been an exponentially growing field for the past century and is a key concept and
research tool in biology, chemistry and physics. It is used in imaging, sensing, and nano /
biotechnology. This course will describe plasmonics for a general audience and focus on technology
aspect for the same.
Basic Requirement: Masters in biology, chemistry, physics or technology with a basic understanding
of maxwell’s equations and mathematical operators.
- Introduction: Metal Optics: An introduction, What is a plasmon?, Types
of Plasmons, Plasmon-Polaritons.
- Surface Plasmons on Smooth Surfaces: Drude Model, Ideal Case of metal-dielectric interface,
Dispersion relation for EM waves in electron gas, Dispersion relation for surface plasmon polaritons, Different modes and their physical meaning.
- Surface plasmon on surfaces of small roughness: Scattering, Volume roughness, inelastic light scattering.
- Theory behind excitation of surface plasmons: Surface-plasmon-polariton waveguides, Long Range and Short Range Plasmons. Tunability of EM with SP.
- Fabrication of plasmon supporting systems: CVD, PVD, Electrodeposition, Thermal Deposition, Self-assembly, E-Beam Lithography, Interference Lithography.
- Experimental set-ups for exciting surface plasmons:Otto, KC, Grating, Wave-guiding, antenna.
- Working and Applications of Plasmonics: Biological sensing devices: SPR, Imaging,
Chemical Moieties and their plasmonic response: QDs Optical and optoelectronic devices: SERS, TERS.
- H. Raether, Surface Plasmons on smooth and Rough surfaces and on gratings, Springer 1986.
- Md Rahman (Ed.), Krzysztof Lukaszkowicz (2011). Review of Nanocomposite Thin Films and Coatings Deposited by PVD and CVD Technology, Nanomaterials, ISBN: 978-953-307-913-4.
- C. S. Wu, High-energy Electron Beam Lithography for Nanoscale
Fabrication, Lithography, Michael Wang (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-064-3, Yoshiyuki Makiuchi and ChiiDong Chen (2010).
- S. A. Maier, Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications, Springer 2007.
- Shahbazyan and Stockman, Plasmonics: Theory and Applications, Springer 2013.
- Er-Ping Li and Hong-Son Chu, Plasmonic Nanoelectronics and Sensing, EuMA High Frequency Technologies Series 2014.
