Theory of plasmonic Fabry-Perot nanolasers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 15039-15053

  Chang, Shu Wei ^a   Lin, Tzy Rong ^a,b   Chuang, Shun Lien ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FABRY PEROT LASERS; GROUP VELOCITIES; METAL DISPERSIONS; NANO-METER SCALE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; PLASMONIC LASERS; QUALITY FACTORS; THRESHOLD GAIN;

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 79955620606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.015039     Document Type: Article

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