Gain-induced switching in metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Yu, Zongfu ^a   Veronis, Georgios ^a   Fan, Shanhui ^a   Brongersma, Mark L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SWITCHING;

GAIN-INDUCED SWITCHING; METAL-DIELECTRIC-METAL (MDM) PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONIC DEVICES; TEMPORAL COUPLED-MODE THEORY;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 38849134352     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2839324     Document Type: Article

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