The Super-Resolution Near-Field Structure and Its Applications.- Near-Field Optical Properties of Super-Resolution Near-Field Structures.- Super-RENS Media Using Alternative Recording Systems.- Metal-Doped Silver Oxide Films as a Mask Layer for the Super-RENS Disk.- Transient Optical Properties of the Mask Layer for the Super-RENS System.- A Thermal Lithography Technique Using a Minute Heat Spot of a Laser Beam for 100 nm Dimension Fabrication.- New Structures of the Super-Resolution Near-Field Phase-Change Optical Disk and a New Mask-Layer Material.- Polarization Dependence Analysis of Readout Signals of Disks with Small Pits Beyond the Resolution Limit.- Signal Power in the Angular Spectrum of AgOx SuperRENS Media.- Super-Resolution Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy.- Optical Tunneling Effect and Surface Plasmon Resonance from Nanostructures in a Metallic Thin Film.- Coherent Spontaneous Emission of Light Due to Surface Waves.- Plasmon Resonances in Nanowires with a Non¿regular Cross-Section.

This book treats the phenomena and techniques of advanced optics confined in nanometer-scale regions, especially near-field optics and surface as well as local plasmons. Written by internationally distinguished scientists the coverage extends from the basics to the most advanced technologies, system characteristics and methods of manipulation.