Net optical gain in a plasmonic waveguide embedded in a fluorescent polymer

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 457-461

  Gather, Malte C ^a,b   Meerholz, Klaus ^c   Danz, Norbert ^d   Leosson, Kristjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; FLUORESCENT CONJUGATED POLYMERS; FLUORESCENT POLYMERS; NEW APPLICATIONS; OPTICALLY PUMPED; PHOTONIC CIRCUITS; PHOTOTHERMAL CANCER THERAPY; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL GAIN; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

METALS;

EID: 77954423450     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.121     Document Type: Article

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