Regensburg 2007 – scientific programme
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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik
O 6: Symposium: Ultrafast Nanooptics I
O 6.2: Invited Talk
Monday, March 26, 2007, 11:45–12:15, H38
Mastering optical near fields in nanostructured materials — •Javier Garcia de Abajo1, Tobias Brixner2, Walter Pfeiffer3, and Christian Spindler2 — 1Instituto de Optica, CSIC, Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain — 22Physikalisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany — 3Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, 33516 Bielefeld, Germany
The control of the flow of light at the nanoscale has attracted considerable interest over the past few years. Trully nanometer control is actually possible via localized states such as plasmons, which have given rise to the active field of plasmonics. Some basic properties of plasmons in nanoparticles and in nanopatterned surfaces will be reviewed in this talk. Phenomena such as plasmon hybridization, signal propagation, and extraordinary optical transmission will be discussed. Finally, energy transfer during interaction with ultrashort laser pulses will be considered and compared to the interaction of fast electrons with photonic nanostructures.