Resonance amplification of left-handed transmission at optical frequencies by stimulated emission of radiation in active metamaterials

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 20974-20980

  Dong, Zheng Gao ^a   Liu, Hui ^b   Li, Tao ^b   Zhu, Zhi Hong ^b   Wang, Shu Ming ^b   Cao, Jing Xiao ^b   Zhu, Shi Ning ^b   Zhang, X ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; RESONANCE; RESTORATION; STIMULATED EMISSION;

DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; GAIN COEFFICIENTS; LEFT-HANDED TRANSMISSION BANDS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; RESONANCE AMPLIFICATION; RESONANCE TRANSMISSION; THRESHOLD GAIN; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 57549111040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.020974     Document Type: Article

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