Amplification of long-range surface plasmons by a dipolar gain medium

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 382-387

  De Leon, Israel ^a   Berini, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Spectalis Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON OSCILLATIONS; LONG-RANGE SURFACE PLASMONS; LOSS COMPENSATION; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATIONS; OPTICALLY PUMPED DYE; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

PLASMONS;

EID: 77954834178     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.37     Document Type: Article

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