Title :
Gain-assisted nanoscale surface plasmons
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA
Abstract :
Surface plasmons at the interface between metal and dielectric with strong optical gain are analyzed. Proper choice of optical indices results in an infinitely large effective refractive index, vanishing low group velocity, and deep sub-wavelength localization near the interface.
Keywords :
dielectric materials; metals; nanostructured materials; refractive index; surface plasmon resonance; metal-dielectric interface; optical gain; optical indices; refractive index; sub-wavelength localization; surface plasmons; Dielectrics; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Plasmons; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549042
