• DocumentCode
    3006469
  • Title

    Nanoscale Semiconductor Plasmon Lasers

  • Author

    Rana, Farhan ; Manolatou, C. ; Johnson, Steven G.

  • Author_Institution
    Cornell Univ., Ithaca
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present several designs for surface-plasmon confined electrically pumped nanoscale semiconductor lasers. We show that low-loss laser nanocavities with subwavelength cavity sizes in all three dimensions are feasible in which threshold gain requirements are easily met with standard semiconductor gain materials.
  • Keywords
    nanostructured materials; semiconductor lasers; surface plasmons; electrically pumped lasers; low-loss laser nanocavities; nanoscale semiconductor lasers; semiconductor gain materials; semiconductor plasmon lasers; Laser modes; Optical design; Optical feedback; Optical pumping; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Plasmons; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452682
  • Filename
    4452682