中文摘要：

随着理论研究的深入和现代微加工技术的进步，对支持表面等离激元的金属微纳结构体系的研究已形成了一门新兴学科方向，即表面等离激元光子学。由于表面等离激元具有独特的光学特性，在数据存储、超分辨成像、光准直、太阳能电池、生物传感器以及负折射材料等方面有着重要的应用前景，成为当前广受国内外学者重视的热点研究领域之一。本文对表面等离激元的特点、基本现象，以及其带来的新颖效应及其应用研究前景的最新发展进行了介绍。

英文摘要：

With the fascinating progress in theoretical studies and successful implementations of modern microfabrication techniques, the recent extensive research on surface plasmons in metallic nanostructures has merged into a new rapidly growing discipline, called plasmonies. Due to the unique optical properties associated with surface plasmons, plasmonics, which could find wide useful applications in data storage, diffraction-suppressed imaging, light beam collimation, solar cells, biosensors, negative refraction etc, is now one of the most active research fields in the world. Here we review the current status of surface plasmons, including their basic features, novel effects, and potential applications.