Applied Optics Feature Announcement
Plasmonic Diffractive Optics and Imaging
Submission Deadline: 1 August 2009
This feature issue, to be published in the Information Processing Division of Applied Optics, will focus on how the evolving research on surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) plays a role in the field of plasmonic diffractive optics and imaging. Today's flourishing achievements in plasmonics will facilitate other highly pursed research areas such as nanotechnologies, biotechnologies, and information technologies. Among the variety of ongoing research topics in SPPs, diffractive optics and imaging related to plasmonics have special attractive aspects in that these are strongly linked to the practical technologies in applied optics that can be utilized in the near future. Furthermore, from the viewpoint of theoretical and experimental aspects, there are many challenging subjects to be conquered to successfully implement the fascinating ideas related to these topics. This feature issue is intended to provide cutting-edge research papers on new methodologies for the design, development, and implementation of plasmonic diffractive optics and imaging.
Submissions for this special issue can address but are not limited to the following areas:
- High (sub-diffraction-limit)-resolution imaging with plasmonics
- Plasmonics in near-field or far-field imaging
- Passive plasmonic components for beaming, focusing, and interconnection
- Nonlinear plasmonics
- Plasmonic diffraction gratings
- Plasmonic lenses, mirrors, and antennas
- Lithography and optical data storage using plasmonics
- Plasmonic diffractive optics and imaging related to sensor applications
- Plasmonic photonic crystals
- Plasmonic aperiodic structures
- Plasmonic nanostructures and devices with optical gain
- Extraordinary transmissions through subwavelength apertures
- Novel devices/concepts in plasmonic diffractive optics or imaging
- Control of plasmons with diffractive optical devices
- Numerical and theoretical analysis of plasmonic effects
- Design and optimization of plasmonic devices
Manuscripts must be prepared according to the usual standards for submission to Applied Optics; see the Information for Contributors in any printed issue or the OSA Style Guide: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/submit/style/jrnls_style.cfm. Manuscripts must also be uploaded through OSA's electronic submission system: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/journal/ao/author.cfm. All submissions must be submitted to the Information Processing Division. Please specify that the manuscript is for the Plasmonic Diffractive Optics and Imaging feature (choose from the feature issue drop-down menu).
Feature Editors
Byoungho Lee
Seoul National University
Seoul, South Korea
byoungho@snu.ac.kr
Philippe Lalanne
Institut d'Optique
Palaiseau, France
philippe.lalanne@institutoptique.fr
Yeshaiahu Fainman
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California
USA
fainman@ece.ucsd.edu
