Abstract
A huge interest in Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPPs) was born at the beginning of the twentieth century with the discovery of grating anomalies by Wood. Subsequently, the excitation of SPPs by randomly rough surfaces has initiated fascinating subjects of modern physics like enhanced backscattering or Anderson localization of photons. More recently, this domain has attracted considerable attention since plasmonics is involved in the main domains of nanophotonics: metamaterials, near-field optics, extraordinary transmission through subwavelength holes, second harmonic generation, and surface enhanced Raman scattering. This chapter outlines the main steps in the development of these fields of research.
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Maystre, D. (2012). Survey of Surface Plasmon Polariton History. In: Enoch, S., Bonod, N. (eds) Plasmonics. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 167. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28079-5_1
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