Theory for bowtie plasmonic nanolasers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10580-10595

  Chang, Shu Wei ^a   Ni, Chi Yu Adrian ^a   Chuang, Shun Lien ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

CURVATURE EFFECT; ELECTRICALLY PUMPED; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NANO-METER SCALE; NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; PLASMONIC MODES; THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

PLASMONS;

METAL; NANOWIRE; QUANTUM DOT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; METALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OPTICS; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 47249111704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010580     Document Type: Article

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