Mathematical Optics

8	Plasmonics Computational Approach
Maxim Sukharev

CONTENTS

8.1      Introduction

8.2      FDTD Method: An Overview

8.3      Computational Plasmonics: Linear Optics

8.4      Computational Plasmonics: Hybrid Materials and Nonlinear Optics

8.A     Appendix

References

8.1      INTRODUCTION

The rapid surge of nano-optics in recent years has been fueled by both the fast growth of laser technology¹ and significant advances in nanofabrication techniques.² Modern experimental equipment allows researchers to go far beyond the diffraction limit to explore optics at the deep nanoscale, opening up a wide variety of applications ranging from metamaterials³ and nanoscale plasmonic devices⁴ through plasmonic circuitry⁵ and efficient solar energy harvesting ...