A semiconductor laser device for the generation of surface-plasmons upon electrical injection

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 9391-9400

  Bousseksou, A ^a   Colombelli, R ^a   Babuty, A ^b   De Wilde, Y ^b   Chassagneux, Y ^a   Sirtori, C ^c   GPatriarche, ^a   GBeaudoin, ^a   Sagnes, I ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EVANESCENT FIELDS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; PLASMONS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRICAL DEVICES; ELECTRICAL INJECTION; FUNCTIONALIZED; METALLIC SURFACE; SURFACE PLASMON MODES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIODE LASER; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 66549124725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.009391     Document Type: Article

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