• DocumentCode
    690020
  • Title

    Quest for low-threshold stimulated emission of surface plasmons polaritons

  • Author

    Kitur, J.K. ; Tumkur, T.U. ; Noginov, M.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Mater. Res., Norfolk State Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The stimulated emission threshold of SPPs can be reduced by an order of magnitude if the operation range is changed from visible to near-IR and metamaterial substrates are used instead of silver films.
  • Keywords
    infrared spectra; optical metamaterials; polaritons; stimulated emission; surface plasmons; visible spectra; SPP; low-threshold stimulated emission; metamaterial substrates; near-IR spectra; order of magnitude; silver films; stimulated emission threshold; surface plasmon polaritons; visible spectra; Dielectrics; Films; Laser excitation; Metamaterials; Plasmons; Silver; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834412