Surface plasmons amplifications in single Ag nanoring

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 4006-4011

  Yang, Zhong Jian ^a   Kim, Nam Chol ^a   Li, Jian Bo ^a   Cheng, Mu Tian ^a   Liu, Shao Ding ^a   Hao, Zhong Hua ^a   Wang, Qu Quan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANORINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASMONS; PUMPS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILVER;

MAXIMUM VALUES; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; PUMPING RATE; STIMULATED AMPLIFICATION; SURFACE PLASMONS; THRESHOLD CONDITION;

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 77749248850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.004006     Document Type: Article

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