Theory of light amplification in active fishnet metamaterials

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Hamm, Joachim M ^a   Wuestner, Sebastian ^a   Tsakmakidis, Kosmas L ^a   Hess, Ortwin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; ENERGY RATES; GAIN REDUCTION; LIGHT AMPLIFICATION; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; PLASMON FIELD; POYNTING'S THEOREM; RADIATIVE LOSS; RESISTIVE LOSS;

AMPLIFICATION; CALCULATIONS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 80053984200     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.167405     Document Type: Article

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