Plasmon enhanced light amplification in metal-insulator-metal waveguides with gain

Journal of Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Zhong, Xiao Lan ^a   Li, Zhi Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

gain; optical waveguides; plasmons; wave propagation

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METALS; MIM DEVICES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SLOW LIGHT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; GAIN; LIGHT AMPLIFICATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; METAL INSULATOR METALS; METAL-INSULATOR-METAL WAVEGUIDES; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; SHORTER WAVELENGTH;

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 84859880561     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/14/5/055002     Document Type: Article

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