Title :
Stimulated emission of SPPs on top of hyperbolic metamaterials
Author :
Kitur, J.K. ; Tumkur, T.U. ; Noginov, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Mater. Res., Norfolk State Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA
Abstract :
We show that the stimulated emission of surface plasmon polaritons on top of lamellar metal/dielectric metamaterial has much lower threshold than on top of silver.
Keywords :
electromagnetic metamaterials; polaritons; silver; stimulated emission; surface plasmons; Ag; SPP; hyperbolic metamaterial; lamellar metal-dielectric metamaterials; stimulated emission; surface plasmon polariton; Metamaterials; Optical diffraction; Optical imaging; Optical pumping; Plasmons; Silver; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
