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Computational Plasmonics: Theory and Applications

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In two chapters we will give a detailed introduction into the field of computational plasmonics. The present chapter covers the essential theoretical background of modern plasmonics, based on simple models of light-matter interactions. We will focus on the physical properties of bulk plasmons, surface plasmon polaritons and localized plasmons, and give a number of analytical and numerical examples. As a motivation for the more detailed numerical studies described in Chap. 12, and as an example for new types of technological applications, we also present the field of plasmon enhanced solar cells and other exciting new research directions.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP), the Mandelstam Institute for Theoretical Physics (MITP), the Materials Physics Research Institute (MPRI) and the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials (CoE-SM) for support. We also acknowledge additional support through a bilateral project Plasmonics for a better efficiency of solar cells between South Africa and Italy (contributo del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Direzione Generale per la Promozione del Sistema Paese). Finally we would like to thank our colleague and collaborator Tahir Aslan (Wits) for providing us with Figs. 11.4, 11.7 and 11.8.

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  1. School of Physics, Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa

    F. Mohammed, R. Warmbier & A. Quandt

  2. Materials for Energy Research Group (MERG), University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa

    F. Mohammed, R. Warmbier & A. Quandt

  3. Centro Fermi, Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi”, Roma, Italy

    A. Quandt

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom

    Arti Agrawal

  2. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Trevor Benson

  3. School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Richard M. De La Rue

  4. Department of Physics, King’s College, London, United Kingdom

    Gregory A. Wurtz

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Mohammed, F., Warmbier, R., Quandt, A. (2017). Computational Plasmonics: Theory and Applications. In: Agrawal, A., Benson, T., De La Rue, R., Wurtz, G. (eds) Recent Trends in Computational Photonics. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 204. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55438-9_11

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