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This chapter describes the long history of plasmonics, starting from the Lycurgus cup and stained glass windows that rely on plasmonic properties of tiny metallic particles and Wood’s anomalies in light reflection from a metal diffraction grating. The chapter outlines the fundamental contributions to the scientific background of plasmonics of such outstanding scientists as Zenneck, Sommerfeld, Mie, Fano, Van der Pol, Fock, Purcell, Ritchie, and many others, who developed the concepts of surface plasmon polaritons and localized surface plasmons, as well as the foundations of the resonant interaction of light with conductors. The successive discovery of the phenomenon of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) stimulated applications of plasmonic effects in modern optical spectroscopy. It is emphasized that most recent breakthroughs of plasmonics essentially rely on the development of nanotechnology and nanometrology. Apart from a short historical survey, the chapter describes the scope of the book and defines the potential readership. |
