• 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