DocumentCode
1612298
Title
Novel features of the confinement factor in a plasmonic waveguide
Author
Li, D.B. ; Ning, C.Z.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr., Comput. & Energy Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
fYear
2010
Firstpage
126
Lastpage
127
Abstract
We considered the net modal gain and the confinement factors for semiconductor gain and metal loss in a metal-semiconductor-metal waveguide. We found that these confinement factors can have extraordinarily large values and can be gain-dependent and strongly enhanced by pumping in the semiconductor.
Keywords
amplification; metal-semiconductor-metal structures; optical pumping; optical waveguides; plasmonics; confinement factor; metal loss; metal-semiconductor-metal waveguide; modal gain; optical pumping; plasmonic waveguide; semiconductor optical gain; Dielectric materials; Magnetic confinement; Nanoscale devices; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Resonance; Semiconductor materials; Semiconductor waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Society Winter Topicals Meeting Series (WTM), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location
Majorca
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5240-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-5241-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2010.5421950
Filename
5421950
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