Title :
Injection- seeded optoplasmonic amplifier in the visible
Author :
Gartia, Manas Ranjan ; Seo, S. ; JunHwan Kim ; Te-Wei Chang ; Bahl, Gaurav ; Meng Lu ; Eden, J. Gary ; Liu, Gang Logan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
An injection-seeded, WGM resonator-based amplifier has been demonstrated. Synergy between the gain medium, WGM spectrum, and the Raman modes of the amplifier constituents is fundamental. The estimated optical gain is ~ 30 dB.
Keywords :
amplifiers; nanophotonics; optical resonators; plasmonics; whispering gallery modes; Raman modes; WGM resonator-based amplifier; WGM spectrum; amplifier constituents; gain medium; injection-seeded optoplasmonic amplifier; optical gain; synergy; visible spectra; Biomedical optical imaging; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
