This biannual review covers the time period from January 2004 to December 2005 and is
written in continuation of previous reviews (A1-A3). An electronic search in SciFinder and …

Nanoantennas for visible and infrared radiation can strongly enhance the interaction of light
with nanoscale matter by their ability to efficiently link propagating and spatially localized …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) intensities for individual Au nanospheres,
nanoshells, and nanosphere and nanoshell dimers coated with nonresonant molecules are …

This manuscript reviews the principles and recent advances of scanning near‐field optical
microscopy based on tip‐induced field enhancement. These scanning microscopes utilize …

Electron beam lithography (EBL) was used to directly pattern periodic gold nanodot arrays
on optical fiber tips. Localized surface plasmon resonance of the E-beam patterned gold …

Plasmonics, is an emerging subfield of nanophontonics, and it attracts increasing attention
because of its potential applications in controlling and manipulating light at nanoscale …

The first volume of The Handbook of Humidity Measurement focuses on the review of
devices based on optical principles of measurement such as optical UV, fluorescence …

Near-field scanning optical microscopy enables the simultaneous topographical and
subdiffraction limited optical imaging of surfaces. A process is presented for the …

We present a new method for the imaging of single metallic nanoparticles that provides
information about their shape and orientation. Using confocal microscopy in combination …

Fiber optic sensors have applications in the measurement of a wide range of physical
properties such as temperature, pressure, and refractive index. These sensors are immune …