SURFACE PLASMON NANOPHOTONICS -- NEAR-FIELD AND FAR-FIELD PROPERTIES OF NANOPARTICLE ARRAYS -- THEORY OF LIGHT TRANSMISSION THROUGH PERIODICALLY STRUCTURED NANO-APERTURES -- DEVELOPMENT AND NEAR-FIELD CHARACTERIZATION OF SURFACE PLASMON WAVEGUIDES -- NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF LONG-RANGE PLASMONIC TRANSMISSION LINES -- SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON GUIDING IN PHOTONIC BANDGAP STRUCTURES -- SUBWAVELENGTH-SCALE PLASMON WAVEGUIDES -- OPTICAL SUPERLENS -- OPTICAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT WITH PLASMON RESONANT BOWTIE NANOANTENNAS -- NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL EXCITATION AND DETECTION OF SURFACE PLASMONS -- PRINCIPLES OF NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MAPPING -- OVERVIEW OF SIMULATION TECHNIQUES FOR PLASMONIC DEVICES -- PLASMON HYBRIDIZATION IN COMPLEX NANOSTRUCTURES -- SENSING PROTEINS WITH ADAPTIVE METAL NANOSTRUCTURES -- INTEGRATED OPTICS BASED ON LONG-RANGE SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS -- LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMONS FOR OPTICAL DATA STORAGE BEYOND THE DIFFRACTION LIMIT -- SURFACE PLASMON COUPLED EMISSION.