Title :
Surface plasmon enhanced metal nanoparticle-dye random laser
Author :
Dice, G.D. ; Chau, K.J. ; Elezzabi, A.Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Abstract :
We report on surface plasmon (SP) enhanced random lasing from a silver nanoparticle-laser dye system. The metal nanoparticle based random laser yielded a smaller bandwidth and pump fluence threshold than a dielectric based random laser.
Keywords :
dye lasers; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; optical pumping; random media; silver; surface plasmons; dielectric based random laser comparison; metallic nanoparticles; pump fluence threshold; silver nanoparticle-laser dye system; surface plasmon enhanced metal nanoparticle-dye random laser; Bandwidth; Electromagnetic scattering; Laser feedback; Light scattering; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Plasmons; Pump lasers; Resonance light scattering; Surface emitting lasers; (140.7300) Visible Lasers; (240.6680) Surface Plasmons; (290.4210) Multiple Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627735
