• DocumentCode
    499894
  • Title

    Active control and spatial mapping of mid-infrared propagating surface plasmons

  • Author

    Ribaudo, T. ; Shaner, E.A. ; Howard, S.S. ; Gmachl, C. ; Wang, X. ; Choa, F.S. ; Wasserman, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Surface waves on metal films with subwavelength features and tunable optical resonances are excited with a quantum cascade laser. The resulting transmission through, and propagation on, the metal/dielectric interface is measured, both spectrally and spatially.
  • Keywords
    plasmonics; quantum cascade lasers; surface plasmon resonance; active control; metal films; metal-dielectric interface; midinfrared propagating surface plasmons; quantum cascade laser; spatial mapping; surface waves; tunable optical resonance; Laser excitation; Optical films; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Quantum cascade lasers; Resonance; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves; Tunable circuits and devices; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (250.5403) Plasmonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225263