A historical overview of nano-optics: From near-field optics to plasmonics

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ad2a77

摘要/Abstract

摘要： Nano-optics is an emergent research field in physics that appeared in the 1980s, which deals with light-matter optical interactions at the nanometer scale. In early studies of nano-optics, the main concern focus is to obtain higher optical resolution over the diffraction limit. The researches of near-field imaging and spectroscopy based on scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) are developed. The exploration of improving SNOM probe for near-field detection leads to the emergence of surface plasmons. In the sense of resolution and wider application, there has been a significant transition from seeking higher resolution microscopy to plasmonic near-field modulations in the nano-optics community during the nano-optic development. Nowadays, studies of nano-optics prefer the investigation of plasmonics in different material systems. In this article, the history of the development of near-field optics is briefly reviewed. The difficulties of conventional SNOM to achieve higher resolution are discussed. As an alternative solution, surface plasmons have shown the advantages of higher resolution, wider application, and flexible nano-optical modulation for new devices. The typical studies in different periods are introduced and characteristics of nano-optics in each stage are analyzed. In this way, the evolution progress from near-field optics to plasmonics of nano-optics research is presented. The future development of nano-optics is discussed then.

关键词: nano-optics, near-field optics, surface plasmon, plasmonic modulation

Abstract: Nano-optics is an emergent research field in physics that appeared in the 1980s, which deals with light-matter optical interactions at the nanometer scale. In early studies of nano-optics, the main concern focus is to obtain higher optical resolution over the diffraction limit. The researches of near-field imaging and spectroscopy based on scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) are developed. The exploration of improving SNOM probe for near-field detection leads to the emergence of surface plasmons. In the sense of resolution and wider application, there has been a significant transition from seeking higher resolution microscopy to plasmonic near-field modulations in the nano-optics community during the nano-optic development. Nowadays, studies of nano-optics prefer the investigation of plasmonics in different material systems. In this article, the history of the development of near-field optics is briefly reviewed. The difficulties of conventional SNOM to achieve higher resolution are discussed. As an alternative solution, surface plasmons have shown the advantages of higher resolution, wider application, and flexible nano-optical modulation for new devices. The typical studies in different periods are introduced and characteristics of nano-optics in each stage are analyzed. In this way, the evolution progress from near-field optics to plasmonics of nano-optics research is presented. The future development of nano-optics is discussed then.

Key words: nano-optics, near-field optics, surface plasmon, plasmonic modulation

中图分类号: (Near-field scanning optical microscopes)

07.79.Fc

61.46.-w (Structure of nanoscale materials) 73.20.Mf (Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations)) 81.07.-b (Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization)

Miao-Yi Deng(邓妙怡), and Xing Zhu(朱星). A historical overview of nano-optics: From near-field optics to plasmonics[J]. 中国物理B, 2024, 33(5): 50703-050703.

Miao-Yi Deng(邓妙怡), and Xing Zhu(朱星). A historical overview of nano-optics: From near-field optics to plasmonics[J]. Chin. Phys. B, 2024, 33(5): 50703-050703.

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