Optical Properties of Nanostructures
Features
- Introduces graduate students to the fast-developing field of nanoscience
- Helps researchers in the field to understand/analyze their experimental data
- Provides basic principles to optimize existing devices, as well as to design and develop new systems for various specific applications/demands
Summary
This book discusses electrons and photons in and through nanostructures by the first-principles quantum mechanical theories and fundamental concepts (a unified coverage of nanostructured electronic and optical components) behind nanoelectronics and optoelectronics, the material basis, physical phenomena, device physics, as well as designs and applications. The combination of viewpoints presented in the book can help foster further research and cross-disciplinary interaction needed to surmount the barriers facing future generations of technology design.
Table of Contents
Electrons in Nanostructures
Atoms and Solids
Crystalline Nature of Solids
Electrons in Solid
Eight-Band K ·Pmodel
Heterostructurematerials
Envelop Function
Effectivemass Approximation
Dimensionality of Energy Density of States
References
Light-Matter Interactions
Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory
Electromagnetic Field
Generalized Golden Rule
Light–Matter Interaction
Optical Spectrum
Reference
Exciton and Exciton Photogeneration
Quantum Confinement in Nanoparticles
Effectivemass Theory of Exciton
Exciton Binding Energy
Optical Transition of Exciton
Radiative and Nonradiative Recombinations
Multiphoton Processes
Auger Recombination and Impact Ionization
References
Exciton Polariton
Exciton Excitation
Excitonic Polarization
Damping Rate
Microcavity and Four-Wave Mixing
Excitonic Photonic Gap
Qd Dimer System
References
Optoelectronic Devices
Light Emitting Diode
Laser
Photodetector
Integrated Circuits
Photon Storage
Waveguides Andmodulators
Quantum Optics
References
Basics of Plasmonics
Classical Electrodynamics in Matter
Solid State Theory for Optical Constant Ofmetal
Drude–Sommerfeld Model
Surface Plasmon Polariton at One Interface
Surface Plasmon–Polariton Coupled between Two Interfaces
Finite-Width Sppwaveguide
Numerical Approaches
References
Surface Plasmonics Devices
Passive Surface Plasmonics Devices
Deep-Subwavelength Plasmonic Waveguide
General Consideration
Hybrid Plasmonic and Index-Guiding Waveguide
Active Surface Plasmonics Devices
Nanostructure Surface Plasmonics
Barriers and Frontiers
References
Index
Author Bio(s)
Ying Fu leads a biophotonics group at the Division of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, focusing on semiconductor nanotechnologies of Si/Ge, III-V and II-VI nanoscale electronic and photonic devices and systems for applications in bio and medical fields. He is an active educator and researcher in the field and has published more than 200 papers.
Min Qiu joined the Department of Microelectronics and Applied Physics at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, as an assistant professor. He became an associate professor in 2005 and a full professor (Professor of Photonics) in 2009. Prof. Qiu holds a Senior Researcher Fellowship from the Swedish Research Council. Currently, he leads the nanophotonics group at KTH.
Editorial Reviews
"This book offers an excellent insight into the optical property of functional nanostructures that is one of the frontiers of photonics, materials, physics, chemistry and nanotechnology. The elegant treatment of electrons and photons in nanostructures using the first-principles quantum mechanical theories, as well as the broad coverage from basic structures to passive components and active devices, makes it a unique reference for scientists and students interested in this area."
—Prof. Limin Tong, Zhejiang University, China
