Active plasmonics: Surface plasmon interaction with optical emitters

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1395-1403

  Ambati, Muralidhar ^a   Genov, Dentcho A ^a   Oulton, Rupert F ^a   Zhang, Xiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Multiple quantum wells (MQWs); Purcell factor; Spontaneous emission; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PLASMONS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; SILVER; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE WAVES; WELLS;

CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; FINITE TEMPERATURES; GAIN CO-EFFICIENTS; INGAN/GAN QUANTUM WELLS; LINE BROADENING; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELLS (MQWS); NANO EMITTERS; NANOLASERS; OPTICAL EMITTERS; PLANAR METALS; PLASMONICS; PURCELL FACTOR; QUANTUM WELLS; SILVER FILMS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; VISIBLE FREQUENCIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 58149110931     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.931108     Document Type: Article

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