Title :
Surface plasmon assisted optical amplifier and oscillator based on barium nitrate crystal
Author :
Ter-Mikirtychev, V.V.
Author_Institution :
Sci. & Engineering Services Inc., Burtonsville, MD, USA
Abstract :
A surface plasmon assisted optical amplifier and oscillator is proposed and demonstrated. The oscillator is a silver film coated Ba(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/ (barium nitrate) Raman crystal inserted in a Fabry-Perot optical resonator. The pumping line and a newly observed oscillating line correspond to the dipole and quadrupole surface plasmon resonances, respectively, in silver particles.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; Raman lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical films; silver; solid lasers; surface plasmon resonance; Ag; Ag film coated Ba(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/ Raman crystal; Ba(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/; Fabry-Perot optical resonator; barium nitrate crystal; dipole surface plasmon resonances; oscillating line; pumping line; quadrupole surface plasmon resonances; surface plasmon assisted optical amplifier; Barium; Optical amplifiers; Optical films; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Plasmons; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silver; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 2000. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
Kaua´i-Lihue, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-646-X
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.2000.883636
