Forced synchronization of spaser by an external optical wave

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 24849-24857

  Andrianov, E S ^a,b   Pukhov, A A ^a,b   Dorofeenko, A V ^a,b   Vinogradov, A P ^a,b   Lisyansky, A A ^c  

^a MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ELECTRODYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS;

ARNOLD TONGUE; EXTERNAL FIELDS; EXTERNAL WAVES; FIELD AMPLITUDES; FREQUENCY DETUNING; LASING FREQUENCY; LOW FIELD; OPTICAL WAVES; PLASMON OSCILLATIONS; STOCHASTIC OSCILLATIONS;

OPTICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 82955208320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.024849     Document Type: Article

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