• DocumentCode
    2251082
  • Title

    Gain and noise in long-range surface plasmon-polariton amplifiers

  • Author

    De Leon, Israel ; Berini, Pierre

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A theoretical analysis of gain and noise in a long-range surface plasmon-polariton amplifier is presented. The amplifier structure considered consists of a thin gold film on silica incorporating an index matched gain medium in the form of LDS821 dye molecules in solution.
  • Keywords
    amplifiers; gold; integrated optics; metallic thin films; optical films; optical noise; polaritons; surface plasmons; Au; LDS821 dye molecules; SiO2; amplifier structure; index matched gain medium; long-range surface plasmon-polariton amplifiers; optical gain; optical noise; silica substrate; thin gold film; Metals; Noise; Optical pumping; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Stimulated emission; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951059
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2251082