In situ generation of surface plasmon polaritons using a near-infrared laser diode

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4693-4697

  Costantini, D ^a   Greusard, L ^b   Bousseksou, A ^a   Rungsawang, R ^b   Zhang, T P ^c   Callard, S ^c   Decobert, J ^d   Lelarge, F ^d   Duan, G H ^d   De Wilde, Y ^b   Colombelli, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

diode laser; distributed feedback lasers; Plasmonics; quantum wells; surface plasmon generation amplification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DEVICES; COMPACT DEVICES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; IN-SITU; INGAALAS; LASER STRUCTURES; NEAR-FIELD; NEAR-INFRARED LASERS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; SURFACE-PLASMON; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

PLASMONS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84866327644     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl302040e     Document Type: Article

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