Springer New Directions in Thin Film Nanophotonics: 6 (Progress in Optical Science and Photonics, 6)

This book highlights recent advances in thin-film photonics, particularly as building blocks of metamaterials and metasurfaces. Recent advances in nanophotonics has demonstrated remarkable control over the electromagnetic field by tailoring the optical properties of materials at the subwavelength scale which results in the emergence of metamaterials and metasurfaces. However, most of the proposed platforms require intense lithography which makes them of minor practical relevance. Stacked ultrathin-films of dielectrics, semi-conductors, and metals are introduced as an alternative platform that perform unique or similar functionalities. This book discusses the new era of thin film photonics and its potential applications in perfect and selective light absorption, structural coloring, biosensing, enhanced spontaneous emission, reconfigurable photonic devices and super lensing. From the Back Cover This book highlights recent advances in thin-film photonics, particularly as building blocks of metamaterials and metasurfaces. Recent advances in nanophotonics has demonstrated remarkable control over the electromagnetic field by tailoring the optical properties of materials at the subwavelength scale which results in the emergence of metamaterials and metasurfaces. However, most of the proposed platforms require intense lithography which makes them of minor practical relevance. Stacked ultrathin-films of dielectrics, semi-conductors, and metals are introduced as an alternative platform that perform unique or similar functionalities. This book discusses the new era of thin film photonics and its potential applications in perfect and selective light absorption, structural coloring, biosensing, enhanced spontaneous emission, reconfigurable photonic devices and super lensing. About the Author Dr. Sreekanth  K.V. received his PhD degree in photonics from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He then worked as a Postdoctoral researcher for three years at the department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, USA and one year at the Engineering Product Development department, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore. He is also serving as an Editorial Board member for Scientific Reports, a journal by Nature publishing group. He is currently working as a Project Leader at the Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies (CDPT), Nanyang Technological University. Dr. Mohamed ElKabbash obtained his bachelors in Law and Master in Law from Alexandria University, Egypt. He then obtained a B. A. in physics and economics from Illinois Wesleyan University, IL, USA, and PhD in physics from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. He is currently a postdoctoral associate at the high intensity femtosecond laser lab, the institute of optics, University of Rochester, NY, USA. Dr. Vincenzo Caligiuri received his Master Degree in Electronic Engineering in 2013 at the University of Calabria. In 2017 he received his Ph.D. in Physics and Material Science at the University of Calabria, in collaboration with the Nanoplasm laboratory of Case Western Reserve University, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and CNR Nanotech. At the moment, he is working as a Post-Doc at the Nanochemistry Department of the Italian Institute of Technology. Prof. Ranjan Singh is an Assistant Professor at the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received his M. S. degree in Optoelectronics and Laser Technology from Cochin University of Science and Technology, India and PhD in photonics from Oklahoma State University, USA. Before joining NTU, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA. Prof. Antonio De Luca is an Associate Professor of Applied Physics at University of Calabria. He is affiliated to INSTM, the National Consortium on the Materials Science and Technology and