Surface plasmon lasers

H. Grebel

doi:10.1117/12.871519

Surface plasmon lasers

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Abstract

Surface Plasmon Polariton (SPP) modes have attracted many minds for over 100 years. Confining light to dimensions smaller than its propagating wavelength, point towards technological possibilities, such as optical circuitry within ultra small computer processors or, small biochemical sensors. As for other lasers, surface plasmon lasers (SPL) require gain and feedback. Yet, quenching of the fluorescence and induced current losses by the metal interface almost proved SPL to be unattainable. Such impediments were circumvented by a periodic design on the nano scale, which reduced the losses and maintained gain of a few ten thousands per cm.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Synthesis and Photonics of Nanoscale Materials VIII
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.871519
State	Published - 2011
Event	Synthesis and Photonics of Nanoscale Materials VIII - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: Jan 24 2011 → Jan 25 2011

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7922
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Synthesis and Photonics of Nanoscale Materials VIII
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	1/24/11 → 1/25/11

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Computer Science Applications

Keywords

Lasers
Metamaterials
Surface Plasmons
Surface Plasmons Polaritons
Surface modes

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