How small can "Nano" be in a "Nanolaser"?

Nanophotonics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-8

  Khurgin, Jacob B ^a   Sun, Greg ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser; Plasmon; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

LASERS; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

HALF WAVELENGTH; LASING THRESHOLD; METAL SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTON ABSORPTION RATE; SEMICONDUCTOR METALS; SURFACE PLASMONS; THRESHOLD CURRENTS; WEAK DEPENDENCES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 84866427674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21928614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2012-0017     Document Type: Article

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