The spaser as a nanoscale quantum generator and ultrafast amplifier

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Stockman, Mark I ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bistability; Gain medium; Nanoplasmonics; Nanoscale quantum amplifier; Quantum generator; Saturable absorber

Indexed keywords

BI-STABILITY; GAIN MEDIUM; NANO SCALE; NANOPLASMONICS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; ADVERSE ENVIRONMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PROSPECTIVE APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM GENERATOR; SWITCHING TIME;

AMPLIFICATION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; IONIZING RADIATION; MOSFET DEVICES; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; STATIC RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SURFACE PLASMONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

EID: 75849153199     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/2/024004     Document Type: Article

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