Subwavelength surface plasmon optical cavityScaling, amplification, and coherence

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1521-1528

  Kim, Min W ^a   Chen, Yi Hao ^a   Moore, Jeremy ^a   Wu, Yi Kuei ^a   Guo, L Jay ^a   Bhattacharya, Pallab ^a   Ku, Pei Cheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity resonators; Optical planar waveguides; Quantum well devices; Semiconductor heterojunctions; Semiconductor waveguides; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; MICRO PILLARS; MICROPILLAR CAVITIES; OPTICAL CAVITIES; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; Q-FACTORS; QUANTUM-WELL DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROJUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDES; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

AMPLIFICATION; CAVITY RESONATORS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 70350139756     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2020179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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