Print Email Facebook Twitter Optical singularities and nonlinear effects near plasmonic nanostructures Title Optical singularities and nonlinear effects near plasmonic nanostructures Author de Hoogh, A.K. (TU Delft QN/van der Zant Lab) Contributor Kuipers, L. (promotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2016-12-12 Abstract One promising way to manipulate light on the nanoscale is to exploit the properties of light when it interacts with metallic elements. Light can, for instance, be guided along the interface of a metal and a dielectric. These guided waves are called surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), and they occur because the collective oscillations of free electrons of the metal interact with the light waves and vice versa. The wavelength of the SPP itself is (much) shorter than the wavelength of light, resulting in a tight confinement and strong enhancement of the field. The light fields interacting with plasmonic systems can vary more rigorously in space than normal beams; they can be much richer in structure and exhibit fascinating patterns. A variety of different plasmonic platforms have been studied or proposed in literature to create unique structured field patterns. To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:8ba12d0d-9bb0-4303-9e0f-0fcc322b678e ISBN 978-94-92323-12-5 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2016 A.K. de Hoogh Files PDF phd_Anouk_16november2016.pdf 167.27 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8ba12d0d-9bb0-4303-9e0f-0fcc322b678e/datastream/OBJ/view