
All-Dielectric Nanophotonics
- 1st Edition - November 9, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Alexander S. Shalin, Adrià Canós Valero, Andrey Miroshnichenko
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 1 9 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 1 9 6 - 8
All-Dielectric Nanophotonics aims to review the underlying principles, advances and future directions of research in the field. The book reviews progress in all-dielectric metasu… Read more
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Request a sales quote- Provides an overview of the fundamental principles, theories and calculation techniques underpinning all-dielectric nanophotonics research
- Reviews current progress in the field, such as all-dielectric metasurfaces and nanoantennas, new types of excitations, associated anapole states, and more
- Discusses emerging applications such as active nanophotonics with in-depth analysis
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical background
2.1 Maxwell’s equations
2.2 General concepts of scattering theory
2.3 Multipole decompositions
2.4 Quasinormal modes
2.5 Phenomenological models
2.6 General principles of periodic arrays
3. Dielectric materials
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Conventional semiconductors
3.3 Emerging materials
4. Directional scattering of dielectric nanoantennas
4.1 First and second Kerker conditions
4.2 Generalized Kerker effect
4.3 Non-diffractive arrays: Kerker effect, perfect reflection, and lattice anapole
4.4 Lattice resonance effect
4.5 Finite-size arrays
4.6 Unidirectional scattering near substrate
4.7 Transverse Kerker effect
4.8 Superdirectivity
4.9 Beamsteering with nanoantennas
4.10 Nanoparticle chain waveguides
4.11 Summary
4.12 Abbreviations
5. Fano resonances in all-dielectric nanostructures
5.1 Theory of Fano resonances
5.2 Disorder-induced Fano resonances
5.3 Cascades of Fano resonances
5.4 Fano resonance and Purcell effect
5.5 Dynamical scattering effects at the Fano resonances
5.6 Fano resonance in metasurfaces
5.7 Summary
6. Non-radiating sources
6.1 Multipole analysis of radiationless states
6.2 Fano–Feshbach description of radiationless states
6.3 Selected experiments and applications
7. Bound states in the continuum in dielectric resonators embedded into metallic waveguide
7.1 Introduction
7.2 BICs in periodical arrays and gratings
7.3 Dielectric rods inserted into radiation space restricted by metal planes
7.4 Rectangular rod between two metallic planes
7.5 Fabry–Perot BICs: two rods inside waveguide
7.6 Topologically protected BICs merge into SP or accidental BICs
7.7 Conclusions and discussion
8. Exceptional points
8.1 Introduction
8.2 General theory of exceptional points
8.3 Exceptional points in isolated and coupled dielectric resonators
8.4 Exceptional points in non-Hermitian systems with gain and loss
8.5 Topological properties of exceptional points
8.6 Enhanced sensitivity at the EP
8.7 EPs and strong coupling
8.8 Conclusion
9. Rational design of maximum chiral dielectric metasurfaces
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Theoretical background
9.3 Chiral mirrors
9.4 Rotationally symmetric chiral metasurfaces
9.5 Asymmetric metasurfaces
9.6 Conclusions and outlook
10. Transparent phase dielectric metasurfaces
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Fano metasurfaces
10.3 Huygens metasurfaces
10.4 Transverse Kerker metasurfaces
10.5 Hybrid anapole metasurfaces
10.6 Pancharatnam–Berry phase metasurfaces
11. Nonlinear phenomena empowered by resonant dielectric nanostructures
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Third-order nonlinear effects in dielectric nanostructures
11.3 Quadratic nonlinear effects in dielectric nanostructures
11.4 Conclusions and outlook
12. Active nanophotonics
12.1 Theoretical concepts
12.2 Configurations for enhancing the emission of quantum emitters
12.3 Outlook
13. Summary, future perspectives, and new directions
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 9, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 428
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323951951
- eBook ISBN: 9780323951968
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Alexander S. Shalin
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Adrià Canós Valero
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