Silicon optical amplifier based on surface-plasmon-polariton enhancement

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Yi ^a   Zhou, Zhiping ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN COEFFICIENT; SILICON OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON ENHANCEMENT;

GOLD; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL GAIN; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34547666677     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2759258     Document Type: Article

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