“Recent years have seen a burgeoning interest in the field of plasmonics. This book brings together contributions from several groups of international researchers who succeed in capturing and conveying the excitement associated with two specific aspects of plasmonics-enhanced light-matter interactions: chiro-optical effects and vortical effects. These effects are carefully elucidated in 15 highly specialized chapters. This is a challenging read but the rewards are considerable. For example, the future of interdisciplinary research—from light harvesting to drug discovery—are treated in this volume.”
~Prof. K. Alan Shore, Bangor University School of Electronic Engineering, UK
“From elementary particles, chiral molecules and crystals to human hands, chiral objects abound in nature, and the ongoing study of chirality-dependent effects has attracted considerable interest in chemistry, biology and physics ever since the discovery of optical activity two centuries ago.
A new chapter in this important field has been opened up by the advent and momentous development in the last two decades of artificially structured optical materials such as photonic crystals, plasmonic nanostructures, metamaterials, and most recently metasurfaces. Chiral effects in such designer materials are the focus of this timely volume with contributions by world leaders in the field. The overarching theme is how surface plasmons with their high spatial localization and attendant large field enhancement can dramatically magnify and enable the tailoring of chiral effects.
This volume admirably illustrates the richness and fascinating physics of chiroptical effects in light scattering and of plasmonic vortical effects, which include the generation of light with orbital angular momentum (“twisted light”) and concentration of light via nanoscale vortices “pinned” to metallic nanostructures. Applications of this rich optical physics will surely emerge in areas such imaging, nanofabrication and new types of optical tweezers. In particular the study of optical forces on chiral nanoparticles and molecules is in its infancy and promises exciting developments in theory, experiments and applications.”
~Prof. Federico Capasso, Harvard University, USA
“This book provides excellent and comprehensive discussions of the rapidly emerging field of chiral nanoplasmonics . The individual chapters are authored by some of the pioneers of the field and provide a broad overview of a wide range of subtopics. The book will undoubtedly serve as the standard reference for many years to come and will be a source of inspiration for both students and senior researchers.”
~Prof. Peter Nordlander, Rice University, USA
“I recommend this book to researchers interested in angular momentum and dislocation of optical waves at nanoscale, not only because it reveals the beauty of optical phenomena associated with the twist of photons and plasmons, but also it introduces to the readers the state-of-the-art toolbox in theory and experiments to explore this exciting area. The chapters reflect an excellent level of scholarship, with an impressive breadth of survey in the literature.”
~Prof. Nicholas X. Fang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
“The fact that light can carry angular momentum, for example from circular polarization, can have subtle but profound influence on its interaction with matter, in particular if the matter itself is chiral and resonant in nature. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the emerging field of singular and chiral nanoplasmonics, and this book goes a long way in making this exciting but complicated area of nanoscience accessible to a broad audience!”
~Prof. Mikael Käll, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
"Plasmonics, with the ability to confine light down to nanoscale and thus dramatically increase its interaction with nanostructures, is uniquely positioned to efficiently manipulate the photon angular momentum and mold the flow of light. This timely book brings to both newcomers and advanced researchers in this rapidly evolving field the most up to date concepts on the interaction between structured light and nano-structured matter. The editors and authors, who are amongst the leaders in the field, have skilfully developed a book that will prove important, and we should all have a copy on our shelves."
~Prof. Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue University, USA
