'The quality of the text, mathematical treatments and figures is very high which makes the book easy to read. There are ample references which allow the reader to delve deeper into any subject raised within the book. [It] presents an overview of a rapidly developing field which is accessible to researchers and students from diverse backgrounds. … an important reference for any research group working in the development or application of optical antennas.' Peter R. T. Munro, Contemporary Physics
Part I. Fundamentals: 1. From near-field optics to optical antennas D. Pohl; 2. Optical antenna theory, design and applications A. Alù and N. Engheta; 3. Impedance of a nanoantenna F. Marquier and J-J. Greffet; 4. Where high-frequency engineering advances optics: active nanoparticles as nanoantennas R. W. Ziolkowski, S. Arslanagić and J. Geng; 5. Optical antennas for field-enhanced spectroscopy J. Aizpurua and R. Esteban; 6. Directionality, polarization and enhancement by optical antennas T. H. Taminiau, A. Curto and N. F. van Hulst; 7. Antennas, quantum optics and near-field microscopy V. Sandoghdar, M. Agio, X-W. Chen, S. Götzinger and K-G. Lee; 8. Nonlinear optical antennas H. Harutyunyan, G. Volpe and L. Novonty; 9. Coherent control of nano-optical excitations W. Pfeiffer, M. Aeschlimann and T. Brixner; Part II. Modeling, Design and Characterization: 10. Computational electrodynamics for optical antennas O. J. F. Martin; 11. First-principles simulations of near-field effects J. L. Payton, S. M. Morton and L. Jensen; 12. Field distribution near optical antennas at the subnanometer scale C. Pecharromán; 13. Fabrication and optical characterization of nanoantennas J. Prangsma, P. Biagioni and B. Hecht; 14. Probing and imaging of optical nanoantennas with PEEM P. Melchior, D. Bayer and M. Aeschlimann; 15. Fabrication, characterization and applications of optical antenna arrays D. Dregely, J. Dorfmüller, M. Hentschel and H. Giessen; 16. Novel fabrication methods for optical antennas W. Zhou, J. Y. Suh and T. W. Odom; 17. Plasmodic properties of colloidal clusters: towards new nanomaterials and optical circuits J. A. Fan and F. Capasso; Part III. Applications: 18. Optical antennas for information technology and energy harvesting M. L. Brongersma; 19. Nanoantennas for refractive-index sensing T. Shegai, M. Svedendahl, S. Chen, A. Dahlin and M. Käll; 20. Nanoimaging with optical antennas P. Verma and Y. Saito; 21. Aperture optical antennas J. Wenger.
