• DocumentCode
    1685182
  • Title

    Compensating the loss in the plasmonic waveguides and feasibility of sub-wavelength plasmonic lasers

  • Author

    Khurgin, Jacob B. ; Sun, Greg

  • Author_Institution
    Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show that full compensation of loss in plasmonic waveguides with significantly sub-wavelength light confinement (less than λ/4n) requires current density in excess of 100 kA/cm2 making sub-wavelength in all three dimensions laser (spaser) impractical.
  • Keywords
    current density; laser beams; optical losses; optical waveguides; plasmonics; current density; loss compensation; plasmonic waveguides; spaser; sub-wavelength light confinement; sub-wavelength plasmonic lasers; three dimensions laser; Current density; Dielectrics; Metals; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Semiconductor waveguides; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326857
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1685182