Nanowire based hybrid plasmonic structures for low-threshold lasing at the subwavelength scale

Yusheng Bian; Zheng Zheng; Xin Zhao; Lei Liu; Jiansheng Liu; Jinsong Zhu; Tao Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2012.09.043

Nanowire based hybrid plasmonic structures for low-threshold lasing at the subwavelength scale

Yusheng Bian, Zheng Zheng, Xin Zhao, Lei Liu, Jiansheng Liu, Jinsong Zhu, Tao Zhou

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Novel plasmonic nanolaser structures are proposed by leveraging the efficient guiding properties of hybrid plasmonic modes of nanowire based waveguides. Theoretical investigations reveal that the coupling between the metal nanowire and the high-index dielectric nanostructure with optical gain results in strong field enhancement in the low-index gap region, sufficient modal overlap with the gain medium and low propagation loss, which could enable lasing at the subwavelength scale with low pump threshold. The proposed nanowire-based plasmonic nanolasers are also compatible with standard fabrication technology and could be appealing candidates for active photonic systems.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	245-249
Number of pages	5
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	287
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2012.09.043
State	Published - Jan 15 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Nanolasers
Optical waveguides
Surface plasmon

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Nanowire based hybrid plasmonic structures for low-threshold lasing at the subwavelength scale

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