The present status and development of strong-field nano-optics, an emerging field of
nonlinear optics, is discussed. A nonperturbative regime of light-matter interactions is …

This review provides a broad overview of the studies and effects of nonlocal response in
metallic nanostructures. In particular, we thoroughly present the nonlocal hydrodynamic …

Metal nanoparticles are excellent light absorbers. The absorption processes create highly
excited electron–hole pairs, and recently there has been interest in harnessing these hot …

The past several decades have seen tremendous advances in metal nanoparticle research.
This field involves workers from many different areas, including materials scientists …

This tutorial review surveys the optical properties of plasmonic nanoparticles studied by
various single particle spectroscopy techniques. The surface plasmon resonance of metallic …

This chapter presents a systematic categorization of the functionalities of silica shells in the
context of their application fields. It provides a brief overview of the established synthesis …

This article gives a review of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensors for food
safety and environmental pollution monitoring. It introduces the basic concepts of SERS …

Developments of optical detection and spectroscopy methods for single nano-objects are
key advances for applications and fundamental understanding of the novel properties …

The dependence of the spectral width of the longitudinal localized surface plasmon
resonance (LSPR) of individual gold nanorods protected by a silica shell is investigated as a …

The ultrafast optical nonlinearity of an optically characterized single gold nanorod is
investigated around its surface plasmon resonance, by combining a far-field spatial …