Title :
Room temperature plasmon nanolaser
Author :
Ma, R.-M. ; Oulton, R.F. ; Sorger, V.J. ; Bartal, G. ; Zhang, X.
Author_Institution :
NSF Center for Scalable & Integrated Nanomanufacturing, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report plasmon lasers with strong cavity feedback and optical confinement to 1/20th wavelength. Strong feedback arises from total internal reflection of plasmons, while confinement enhances the spontaneous emission rate by up to 20 times.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; magnesium compounds; nanophotonics; plasmonics; silver; spontaneous emission; CdS-MgF2-Ag; optical confinement; plasmon nanolaser; spontaneous emission; strong cavity feedback; temperature 293 K to 298 K; total internal reflection; Cavity resonators; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Plasmons; Spontaneous emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
