Light-matter interaction physics and engineering at the nanoscale - Weiner, John (Oxford University Press, 2013)
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Nov. 28, 2012). - Includes index
Includes bibliographical references (page 6) and index
Historical Synopsis of Light-Matter Interaction -- Elements of Classical Field Theory -- Complement A Energy Flow in Polarizable Matter -- Complement B Macroscopic Polarization from Microscopic Polarizability -- Complement C The Classical Charged Oscillator and the Dipole Antenna -- Surface Waves -- Transmission Lines, Waveguides, and Equivalent Circuits -- Radiation in Classical and Quantal Atoms -- Complement D Classical Blackbody Radiation -- Appendix A Systems of Units in Electromagnetism -- Appendix B Review of Vector Calculus -- Appendix C Gradient, divergence and curl in cylindrical and polar coordinates -- Appendix D Properties of Phasors -- Appendix E Properties of the Laguerre Functions -- Appendix F Properties of the Legendre functions -- Appendix G Properties of the Hermite polynomials
This book draws together the essential elements of classical electrodynamics, surface wave physics, plasmonic materials, and circuit theory of electrical engineering to provide insight into the essential physics of nanoscale light-matter interaction and to provide design methodology for practical nanoscale plasmonic devices
Keywords: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics; Nanophotonics; Quantenoptik; Licht; Materie; Wechselwirkung