Long-wavelength (λ ≈ 8-11.5 μm) semiconductor lasers with waveguides based on surface plasmons

Optics Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1366-1368

  Sirtori, Carlo ^a,b   Gmachl, Claire ^a   Capasso, Federico ^a   Faist, Jérôme ^a,c   Sivco, Deborah L ^a   Hutchinson, Albert L ^a   Cho, Alfred Y ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b THALES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0000944868     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.23.001366     Document Type: Article

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5. The idea of surface plasmons as guided modes for lasers is already present in the literature. Nevertheless, because of their strong attenuation coefficient, surface plasmons have been thought to be of no practical interest [see, e.g., P. Zory, Appl. Phys. Lett. 22, 125 (1973)]. Surface plasmons have been used to improve the performance of light-emitting diodes or as waveguide couplers [see, e.g., A. Köck, E. Gornik, M. Hauser, and W. Beinstingl, Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 2327 (1990), A. Köck, A. Seeberg, M. Rosenberger, C. Gmachl, E. Gornik, C. Thanner, and L. Korte, Appl. Phys. Lett. 63, 1164 (1993)].
6. The idea of surface plasmons as guided modes for lasers is already present in the literature. Nevertheless, because of their strong attenuation coefficient, surface plasmons have been thought to be of no practical interest [see, e.g., P. Zory, Appl. Phys. Lett. 22, 125 (1973)]. Surface plasmons have been used to improve the performance of light-emitting diodes or as waveguide couplers [see, e.g., A. Köck, E. Gornik, M. Hauser, and W. Beinstingl, Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 2327 (1990), A. Köck, A. Seeberg, M. Rosenberger, C. Gmachl, E. Gornik, C. Thanner, and L. Korte, Appl. Phys. Lett. 63, 1164 (1993)].
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