Theory of surface plasmon-polariton amplification in planar structures incorporating dipolar gain media

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  De Leon, Israel ^a   Berini, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 54449091777     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.161401     Document Type: Article

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