• DocumentCode
    444372
  • Title

    Gain-assisted nanoscale surface plasmons

  • Author

    Avrutsky, Ivan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1097
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549042
  • Filename
    1549042