The design and simulated performance of a coated nano-particle laser

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2622-2653

  Gordon, Joshua A ^a   Ziolkowski, Richard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; COATED MATERIALS; GAIN CONTROL; LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PERMITTIVITY; SCATTERING;

NANO-PARTICLE LASER; OPTICAL METAMATERIALS; PLASMONIC MATERIALS; RESONANT SCATTERING;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33847751077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.002622     Document Type: Article

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