Arrays of Ag split-ring resonators coupled to InGaAs single-quantum-well gain

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 24140-24151

  Meinzer, Nina ^a   Ruther, Matthias ^a   Linden, Stefan ^a   Soukoulis, Costas M ^b   Khitrova, Galina ^c   Hendrickson, Joshua ^c   Olitzky, Joshua D ^c   Gibbs, Hyatt M ^c   Wegener, Martin ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; INDIUM ALLOYS; LIQUEFIED GASES; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL RESONATORS; RING GAGES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SILVER; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

CENTER WAVELENGTH; EVANESCENT COUPLING; FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSE; INGAAS QUANTUM WELLS; LIQUID HELIUM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE QUANTUM WELL; SPLIT RING RESONATOR; TEMPORAL DECAY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 78149438468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.024140     Document Type: Article

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