• DocumentCode
    1779154
  • Title

    Light amplification in metamaterials by surface plasmon polariton injection

  • Author

    Sadatgol, Mehdi ; Guney, Durdu O.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    12-16 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    583
  • Lastpage
    584
  • Abstract
    We propose a new method to amplify light in metamaterial structures. Two auxiliary light sources generated by surface plasmons constructively interfere with and amplify the signal photons which are then coupled to free space.
  • Keywords
    amplification; optical metamaterials; polaritons; surface plasmons; auxiliary light sources; free space; light amplification; metamaterials; signal photons; surface plasmon polariton injection; Gratings; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Optical amplifiers; Optical polarization; Photonics; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995275
  • Filename
    6995275