Overview
- Leads to intuitive understanding of the difference between geometrical chirality and chiral responses
- Delivers a systematic study and comparison of different types of plasmonic nanostructures leads to a fundamental understanding of the chiral near-field response
- Shows theoretically how chiral near-fields can be used for enantiomer discrimination
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences (SSOS, volume 205)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book describes the physics behind the optical properties of plasmonic nanostructures focusing on chiral aspects. It explains in detail how the geometry determines chiral near-fields and how to tailor their shape and strength. Electromagnetic fields with strong optical chirality interact strongly with chiral molecules and, therefore, can be used for enhancing the sensitivity of chiroptical spectroscopy techniques. Besides a short review of the latest results in the field of plasmonically enhanced enantiomer discrimination, this book introduces the concept of chiral plasmonic near-field sources for enhanced chiroptical spectroscopy. The discussion of the fundamental properties of these light sources provides the theoretical basis for further optimizations and is of interest for researchers at the intersection of nano-optics, plasmonics and stereochemistry.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Martin Schäferling studied Physics and Computer Science in Münster. He was awarded for the best interdisciplinary diploma thesis in 2010. During his PhD in the group of Harald Giessen in Stuttgart, he investigated theoretical aspects of chiral plasmonics with a strong focus on tailored chiral near-fields. After he obtained his PhD in 2015, he joined the group of Thomas Weiss in Stuttgart, where he is currently working on advanced numerical and semi-analytical methods to study hybrid chiral plasmonic systems.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chiral Nanophotonics
Book Subtitle: Chiral Optical Properties of Plasmonic Systems
Authors: Martin Schäferling
Series Title: Springer Series in Optical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42264-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42263-3Published: 21 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82541-0Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42264-0Published: 11 November 2016
Series ISSN: 0342-4111
Series E-ISSN: 1556-1534
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 159
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 75 illustrations in colour
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Nanoscale Science and Technology, Classical Electrodynamics, Nanotechnology and Microengineering