This book provides a systemic and self-contained guide to the theoretical description of the fundamental properties of plasmonic waves. The field of plasmonics is built on the interaction of electromagnetic radiation and conduction electrons at metallic interfaces or in metallic nanostructures, and so to describe basic plasmonic behavior, boundary-value problems may be formulated and solved using electromagnetic wave theory based on Maxwell's equations and the electrostatic approximation.
In preparation, the book begins with the basics of electromagnetic and electrostatic theories, along with a review of the local and spatial nonlocal plasma model of an electron gas. This is followed by clear and detailed boundary value analysis of both classical three-dimensional and novel two-dimensional plasmonic systems in a range of different geometries. With only general electromagnetic theory as a prerequisite, this resulting volume will be a useful entry point to plasmonic theory for students, as well as a convenient reference work for researchers who want to see how the underlying models can be analysed rigorously.

Covers novel, technologically relevant 2D systems as well as classical 3D systems Requires only basic electromagnetic theory as a prerequisite, making the book highly accessible Brings together many results on plasmonic boundary-value problems in a systematic way

Autorentext

Afshin Moradi is a Full Professor of Physics at the Kermanshah University of Technology, Kermanshah, Iran. He is the author of Canonical Problems in the Theory of Plasmonics, Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol. 230 (Springer, Switzerland, 2020). Professor Moradi's research interests include plasmonics, electromagnetism, metamaterials, oscillations and waves in plasmas, and he has published over 100 papers on these topics, as well as serving as a reviewer for many prestigious journals.

Klappentext

Part I: Three-Dimensional Electron Gases.- Chapter 1: Basic concepts and formalism. Chapter 2: Problems in Electrostatic Approximation.- Chapter 3: Problems in Electromagnetic Theory.- Chapter 4: Problems in Electrostatic Approximation: Spatial Nonlocal Effects.- Chapter 5: Problems in Electromagnetic Theory: Spatial Nonlocal Effects.- Part II: Two-Dimensional Electron Gases.- Chapter 6: Electrostatic Problems Involving Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in Planar Geometry.- Chapter 7: Electromagnetic Problems Involving Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in Planar Geometry.- Chapter 8: Electrostatic Problems involving Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in Cylindrical Geometry.- Chapter 9: Electromagnetic Problems Involving Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in Cylindrical Geometry.- Chapter 10: Boundary-Value Problems Involving Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in Spherical Geometry.

Inhalt

Part I: Three-Dimensional Electron Gases .- Chapter 1: Basic concepts and formalism. Chapter 2: Problems in Electrostatic Approximation.- Chapter 3: Problems in Electromagnetic Theory.- Chapter 4: Problems in Electrostatic Approximation: Spatial Nonlocal Effects.- Chapter 5: Problems in Electromagnetic Theory: Spatial Nonlocal Effects.- Part II: Two-Dimensional Electron Gases .- Chapter 6: Electrostatic Problems Involving Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in Planar Geometry.- Chapter 7: Electromagnetic Problems Involving Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in Planar Geometry.- Chapter 8: Electrostatic Problems involving Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in Cylindrical Geometry.- Chapter 9: Electromagnetic Problems Involving Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in Cylindrical Geometry.- Chapter 10: Boundary-Value Problems Involving Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in Spherical Geometry.