Coplanar plasmonic nanolasers based on edge-coupled hybrid plasmonic waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 884-886

  Bian, Yusheng ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^a   Liu, Ya ^a   Zhu, Jinsong ^b   Zhou, Tao ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanolasers; optical waveguides; surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAPS; GAP WIDTHS; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; LASING THRESHOLD; METAL FILM; METAL LAYER; MODAL PROPERTIES; NANOLASERS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC CIRCUITS; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PUMP THRESHOLD; SURFACE PLASMON;

NANOWIRES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 79958720161     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2141981     Document Type: Article

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