Nanophotonics, the fusion of nanotechnology and photonics, is an emerging technology with applications in physics, chemistry, applied science, engineering, and biomedical technology. Prasad (executive director, Institute of Lasers, Photonics, and Biophotonics, State University of New York-Buffalo) describes the field for a multidisciplinary readership of researchers and students, covering fundamentals and applications involved in the integration of biology, nanotechnology, and photonics. Chapters cover areas including near-field interaction and microscopy, plasmonics, nanocontrol of excitation dynamics, and nanolithography, as well as nanophotonics and the marketplace. Chapter introductions and key points are included