Plasmonic distributed feedback lasers at telecommunications wavelengths

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 15109-15118

  Marell, Milan J H ^a   Smalbrugge, Barry ^a   Geluk, Erik Jan ^a   Van Veldhoven, Peter J ^a   Barcones, Beatrix ^a   Koopmans, Bert ^a   Nötzel, Richard ^a   Smit, Meint K ^a   Hill, Martin T ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; PLASMONS; PUMPING (LASER); SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVEGUIDES;

BROAD BANDWIDTHS; CURRENT CURVE; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; ELECTRICALLY PUMPED; GRATING COUPLING; LASING THRESHOLD; LINE-NARROWING; METALLIC WAVEGUIDE; NANO SCALE; PLASMON MODES; PLASMONIC; PUMPING REQUIREMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STOP-BANDS; VERTICAL GROOVES; WAVEGUIDE CAVITY;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 79961041674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015109     Document Type: Article

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