Title :
Plasmonic enhancement of coherence in random lasers
Author :
Wan Ismail, Wan Zakiah ; Thanh Phong Vo ; Stark, Philipp ; Coutts, David ; Goldys, Ewa ; Dawes, Judith
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We observe the enhancement of coherence due to localized surface plasmon resonance in random laser from gold nanoparticles. Higher coherence is obtained for random lasers with gold nanoparticles than with alumina nanoparticles.
Keywords :
alumina; dye lasers; gold; light coherence; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; plasmonics; surface plasmon resonance; Al2O3; Au; alumina nanoparticles; coherence; gold nanoparticles; localized surface plasmon resonance; plasmonic enhancement; random lasers; Coherence; Gold; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Nanoparticles; Plasmons; Random lasers; localized surface plasmon resonance and coherence;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Adelaide, SA
DOI :
10.1109/ICONN.2014.6965262
