Mode Analysis of Plasmonic Waveguiding Structures for Laser Applications

Author

Bhola, Bipin ; Lee, Chee Wei ; Ng, Doris Keh Ting ; Ho, Seng-Tiong

Author_Institution

Data Storage Inst., NUS, Singapore

fYear

2008

fDate

8-11 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Mode simulations for surface plasmonic nano-waveguides are presented for applications in developing nanometer sized laser cavities. The structure considered is a semiconductor quantum well sandwiched between metal layers. The simulations show that the plasmonic waveguide follow the dispersion relations of a conventional dielectric waveguide. An estimate for the gain requirement on the quantum well structure is also provided.

Keywords

MIM devices; aluminium compounds; dispersion relations; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; nanophotonics; quantum well lasers; semiconductor quantum wells; surface plasmons; waveguide lasers; AlGaInAs; dispersion relations; laser gain; laser mode simulation; metal cladding; nanometer-sized laser cavity; plasmonic mode dispersion; semiconductor quantum well; surface plasmonic nanowaveguide structure; Dielectrics; Dispersion; Laser applications; Laser modes; Plasmons; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor waveguides; Surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PhotonicsGlobal@Singapore, 2008. IPGC 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3901-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2906-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPGC.2008.4781350

Filename

4781350