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Front Cover: Numerical methods for nanophotonics: standard problems and future challenges (Laser Photonics Rev. 9(6)/2015)
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
laser and photonics reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.778
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1863-8899
pISSN - 1863-8880
DOI - 10.1002/lpor.201570065
Subject(s) - photonics , nanophotonics , computer science , variety (cybernetics) , laser , physics , engineering physics , telecommunications , optoelectronics , optics , artificial intelligence
The image shows the intensity of the electromagnetic field around a realistic optical nanoantenna computed with the surface integral equation method. Nanoscale photonic systems involve a broad variety of light‐matter interaction regimes beyond the diffraction limit and have opened the path for a variety of application opportunities in sensing, solid‐state lighting, light harvesting or optical signal processing. Numerical modelling is central for the understanding, control, and design of plasmonic and photonic nanostructures. The increasing sophistication of nanophotonic systems and processes, ranging from simple plasmonic nanostructures to multiscale and complex photonic devices, has been calling for highly efficient numerical simulation tools. (Picture credits: Benjamin Gallinet, Jérémy Butet, Olivier J. F. Martin and Andreas M. Kern) (Picture: Benjamin Gallinet et al., 10.1002/lpor.201500122 pp. 577‐603, in this issue)