This book focuses on recent interconnected topics in nanophotonics written by scientists at the forefront of these fields. The book presents results of numerical investigations of light-matter interactions at the nanoscale and in the attosecond regime using first-principles calculations while also discussing recent experimental developments of higher-order harmonic generation for the field of attosecond science. In addition to this, the book reviews recent advances in select topical areas such as highly efficiency solid-state light sources based on nanophotonics, plasmonic photochemical water splitting for efficient energy harvesting, and optical spectroscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes with quite rich physics for future application in photonics.
Author(s): Takashi Yatsui
Series: Nano-Optics and Nanophotonics
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 200
City: Singapore
Preface to Progress in Nanophotonics
Preface to Volume VI
Contents
Contributors
1 Highly Enhanced Light Emissions from InGaN/GaN Based on Nanophotonics and Plasmonics
1.1 Background of the InGaN/GaN-Based Light-Emitting Devices
1.2 Characterization of Exciton Dynamics and Optical Properties
1.2.1 Emission Rates and Internal Quantum Efficiencies
1.2.2 Optical Properties with Submicron to Nanometer Scale
1.2.3 Direct Observation of Diffusion and Nonradiative Processes of Excitons
1.2.4 Temporally and Spatially Resolved Observations of the Exciton Dynamics
1.3 Controlling the Exciton Dynamics and Light Emissions Based on Nanophotonics and Plasmonics
1.3.1 Emission Enhancement by Fabricated Nanostructures
1.3.2 Optical Properties of the Surface Plasmon Polariton
1.3.3 Mechanism of the Surface Plasmon-Enhanced Light Emissions
1.3.4 Enhanced Mechanism and Exciton Dynamics with Submicron to Nanometer Scale
1.4 Summary
References
2 Ultrafast Infrared Plasmonics—A Novel Platform for Spectroscopy and Quantum Control
2.1 Ultrafast Plasmonics in the Mid-Infrared
2.1.1 Nanoscale Localization of Ultrashort Pulses
2.1.2 Light–Matter Interaction in the Mid-Infrared Range
2.1.3 A Novel Platform for Vibrational Spectroscopy and Quantum Control
2.1.4 Outline
2.2 Mid-IR Plasmonics
2.2.1 Surface Plasmon Polariton on Gold
2.2.2 Gold Nanoantennas
2.3 Measurement of Plasmonic Near-Field Using Field-Driven Photoemission
2.3.1 Field-Driven Photoemission
2.3.2 Nonlinear Photoemission Experiments
2.3.3 Estimation of Plasmonic Near-Field
2.3.4 Summary on Field-Driven Photoemission
2.4 Antenna-Enhanced Nonlinear Infrared Spectroscopy
2.4.1 Vibrational Spectroscopy with Infrared Ultrashort Lasers
2.4.2 Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy
2.4.3 Near-Field Enhancements by Diffractively Coupled Nanoantenna Arrays
2.4.4 Linear Spectroscopy of Antenna–Molecule System
2.4.5 Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of Antenna–Molecule System
2.4.6 Summary
2.5 Reaction Control via Antenna-Enhanced Vibrational Excitation
2.5.1 Vibrational Control of Chemical Reactions
2.5.2 Vibrational Ladder Climbing with Down-Chirped Pulses
2.5.3 Antenna-Enhanced Vibrational Ladder Climbing
2.5.4 CO Dissociation Induced by Chirp-Pulsed Near-Fields
2.5.5 Summary
2.6 Summary and Prospects
References
3 Plasmonic Photochemical Water Splitting for Efficient Solar Energy Conversion
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Mechanisms of Plasmonic Enhancement
3.2.1 Plasmon-Induced Electron Transfer
3.2.2 Near-Field Enhancement
3.2.3 Plasmon Resonance Energy Transfer
3.3 Plasmonic Water Splitting
3.3.1 Plasmonic Water Oxidation
3.3.2 Interfacial Structure Effects on Plasmonic Water Oxidation
3.3.3 Self-assisted Plasmonic Water Splitting
3.3.4 Plasmonic Water Splitting on Three-Dimensional Structures
3.3.5 Water Splitting Under Strong Coupling Conditions
3.3.6 Cocatalytic Effects on Plasmonic Water Splitting
3.4 Conclusion and Prospects
References
4 Ab Initio Computational Approach for Nanophotonics Based on Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Formalism
4.2.1 Optical Response in Dipole Approximation
4.2.2 Coupled Description of Electromagnetic Fields
4.3 Bulk Solids
4.4 Thin Films
4.4.1 Setup of the Problem
4.4.2 Linear Optical Response
4.4.3 Nonlinear Optical Response
4.4.4 Comparison of Different Theoretical Approaches
4.5 Coherent Phonon
4.6 Metasurfaces
4.6.1 Plasmonic Metasurface with a Sub-nm Gap
4.6.2 Dielectric Metasurface
4.7 Summary
References
5 Optical Spectroscopy of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Optical Spectroscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
5.3 Absorption/Rayleigh Scattering
5.3.1 Rayleigh Scattering.
5.3.2 Absorption Measurement
5.3.3 In-Situ Optical Imaging
5.4 PL Microscopy of Individual-Suspended Carbon Nanotubes
5.4.1 Air-Suspended Carbon Nanotubes
5.4.2 PL Spectroscopy of Individual Nanotubes
5.4.3 Statistical Characterization of Air-Suspended Nanotubes
5.5 Raman Scattering
5.5.1 G-band and Resonance Features
5.5.2 RBM Peaks
5.5.3 Kataura Plot
5.6 Recent Advances
5.6.1 Inter-Tube Coupling in Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
5.6.2 Hetero-Nanotubes
5.6.3 Luttinger-Liquid Plasmon
5.6.4 Coupling to Photonic Structures
5.7 Summary
References
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