Stimulated emission of surface plasmon polaritons by lead-sulphide quantum dots at near infra-red wavelengths

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 18633-18641

  Radko, I P ^a   Nielsen, M G ^a   Albrektsen, O ^a   Bozhevolnyi, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLIDS; STIMULATED EMISSION;

GAIN MEDIUM; METAL-DIELECTRIC STRUCTURES; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; QUANTUM DOT; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

AMPLIFICATION;

LEAD; NANOPARTICLE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); QUANTUM DOT; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RAYS; LEAD; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SULFIDES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77956353381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.018633     Document Type: Article

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