Title :
Quest for low-threshold stimulated emission of surface plasmons polaritons
Author :
Kitur, J.K. ; Tumkur, T.U. ; Noginov, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Mater. Res., Norfolk State Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA
Abstract :
The stimulated emission threshold of SPPs can be reduced by an order of magnitude if the operation range is changed from visible to near-IR and metamaterial substrates are used instead of silver films.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; optical metamaterials; polaritons; stimulated emission; surface plasmons; visible spectra; SPP; low-threshold stimulated emission; metamaterial substrates; near-IR spectra; order of magnitude; silver films; stimulated emission threshold; surface plasmon polaritons; visible spectra; Dielectrics; Films; Laser excitation; Metamaterials; Plasmons; Silver; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
