Title :
Plasmonic random lasing in strongly scattering regime with slanted silver nanorod array
Author :
Zhuoxian Wang ; Xiangeng Meng ; Seung Ho Choi ; Kim, Young L. ; Shalaev, Vladimir M. ; Boltasseva, Alexandra
Author_Institution :
Birck Nanotechnol. Center, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We present a plasmonic approach employing a slanted silver nanorod array for achieving controllable random lasing in a strongly scattering regime. Such random lasers can serve as a bright optical source for speckle-free imaging.
Keywords :
brightness; light scattering; light sources; nanophotonics; nanorods; optical arrays; optical control; plasmonics; random processes; silver; solid lasers; Ag; bright optical source; controllable plasmonic random lasing; random lasers; slanted silver nanorod array; speckle-free imaging; strongly scattering regime; Lasers; Optical feedback; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Plasmons; Scattering; Silver;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
