Title :
Evaluation of a plasmon nano-cavity laser employing CdSe as the gain material
Author :
Kumar, Nikhil ; Yablonovitch, Eli
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
Simulations of gold/silver vias of different diameters terminating on CdSe are shown to have dipole resonances matched to the bandgap of CdSe. Using simplified models, a threshold carrier concentration required to achieve lasing is estimated.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; carrier density; gold; laser cavity resonators; plasmons; semiconductor lasers; silver; CdSe-Au-Ag; bandgap; carrier concentration; dipole resonances; gain material; gold/silver vias; plasmon nano-cavity laser; Absorption; Charge carrier density; Chemical lasers; Geometrical optics; Gold; Nanobioscience; Optical materials; Photonic band gap; Plasmons; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop, 2008. i-NOW 2008. International
Conference_Location :
Shonan Village
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2656-0
DOI :
10.1109/INOW.2008.4634498
