A room-temperature semiconductor spaser operating near 1.5 μm

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 8954-8961

  Flynn, R A ^a   Kim, C S ^a   Vurgaftman, I ^a   Kim, M ^a   Meyer, J R ^a   Makinen A J ^a   Bussmann, K ^a   Cheng, L ^b   Choa, F S ^b   Long, J P ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIP CHIP; GAIN MEDIA; GAIN NARROWING; MAGNETIC POLARIZATIONS; OPTICALLY PUMPED; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM WELL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

PLASMONS;

GOLD;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOLD; LENSES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955365988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.008954     Document Type: Article

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