Short-range surface plasmon propagation supported by stimulated amplification using electrical injection

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 22107-22112

  Li, Yicen ^a   Zhang, Hui ^b   Zhu, Ning ^b   Mei, Ting ^b   Zhang, Dao Hua ^a   Teng, Jinghua ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GOLD; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

AU FILM; ELECTRICAL INJECTION; ELECTRICAL MODULATION; GAIN MEDIUM; NONUNIFORMITY; OUTPUT POWER; QUANTUM WELL; STIMULATED AMPLIFICATION; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMON PROPAGATION;

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 80054938153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.022107     Document Type: Article

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