DocumentCode
500376
Title
Giant modal gain in a metal-semiconductor waveguide
Author
Li, D. ; Ning, C.Z.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We show that a giant modal gain is achievable near surface plasmon resonance for guided modes in a metal-semiconductor-metal plasmonic waveguide. The giant gain is shown to originate from a reduction of average energy velocity.
Keywords
metal-semiconductor-metal structures; optical waveguides; plasmonics; polaritons; surface plasmon resonance; energy velocity; giant modal gain; metal-semiconductor-metal plasmonic waveguide; surface plasmon polariton modes; surface plasmon resonance; Nanophotonics; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Resonance; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor materials; Semiconductor waveguides; Surface waves; Waveguide lasers; (350.4238) Nanophotonics and photonic crystals; (350.7420) Waves;
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
5225767
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