Design and Applications of Plasmonic Metasurfaces

Dear Colleagues, 

As the two-dimensional analogy of metamaterials, metasurfaces have attracted considerable attentions over the past few decades due to their planar configurations, ease of fabrication, and exceptional capabilities for flexible light wave manipulation (e.g., phase, amplitude, polarization, and orbital angular momentum) at the nanometer scale. Plasmonic metasurfaces, composed of two-dimensional arrays of metallic nanostructures (meta-atoms) distributed on a substrate, are capable of supporting plasmon resonances. Compared to dielectric metasurfaces, plasmonic metasurfaces exhibit stronger near-field concentration and confinement and have demonstrated their promising applications in sensing, photocatalysis, energy conversion, and display technologies.

The objective of this Special Issue is to bring together recent advancements concerning the design, operation principles, fabrication, and potential applications of plasmonic metasurfaces. We cordially invite researchers to submit manuscripts to this Special Issue. Original research and reviews are welcome. Theoretical results, simulation studies, and experimental works will be considered. Topics of this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:

• Fundamentals of plasmonic metasurfaces;
• Design and fabrication of plasmonic metasurfaces;
• Wavefront manipulation with plasmonic metasurfaces;
• Active plasmonic metasurfaces;
• Nonlinear plasmonic metasurfaces;
• Quantum plasmonic metasurfaces;
• Bound states in the continuum (BIC) in plasmonic metasurfaces;
• Hybrid plasmonic metasurfaces;
• Plasmonic metasurfaces for sensing applications;
• Two-dimensional materials and plasmonic metasurfaces;
• Electromagnetic surface modes and plasmonic metasurfaces.

Dr. Yi Xu
Dr. Zhuochao Wang
Dr. Yuting Zhang
Guest Editors

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• plasmonic metasurfaces
• surface plasmon
• wavefront manipulation
• hybrid plasmonic–dielectric metasurfaces
• plasmonic sensing
• two-dimensional materials
• bound states in the continuum
• electromagnetic surface modes