Although near-field microscopy has allowed optical imaging with sub-20 nm resolution, the
optical throughput of this technique is notoriously small. As a result, applications such as …

In this article, we report metal-enhanced singlet oxygen generation (ME1O2). We
demonstrate a direct relationship between the singlet oxygen yield of a common …

We design and investigate plasmon waveguides based on linear arrays of Au nanorings in
an SiO 2 host for use in an optical communication band (lambda~ 1550 nm). Nanoring …

One application of near-field transducers (NFT) is in heat-assisted magnetic recording
(HAMR). HAMR is similar to conventional magneto-optical (MO) recording in that the data …

This paper describes a comparative study of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) and
analytical evaluations of electromagnetic fields in the vicinity of dimers of metallic …

We investigate optical excitations on single silver nanospheres and nanosphere composites
with the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method. Our objective is to achieve …

A detailed study of metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF) from fluorophores in the blue-to-red
spectral region placed in close proximity to thermally evaporated zinc nanostructured films is …

We compare the numerical results obtained by the Finite Element Method (FEM) and the
Finite Difference Time Domain Method (FDTD) for near-field spectroscopic studies and …

We study the modification of the far-field cross sections and the near-field enhancement for
gold and silver nanospheres illuminated by a tightly focused beam. Using a multipole …

The performance of the ridge waveguide as a near-field aperture in data storage systems is
investigated. Finite element method (FEM) and finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) based …