Gain assisted surface plasmon polariton in quantum wells structures

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 176-182

  Alam, M Z ^a   Meier, J ^a   Aitchison, J S ^a   Mojahedi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METALLIC GUIDING LAYER; PROPAGATION LOSS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 33846169711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.000176     Document Type: Article

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