Hybrid plasmonic structures based on CdS nanotubes: A novel route to low-threshold lasing on the nanoscale

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 50, 2012, Pages

  Bian, Yusheng ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Su, Yalin ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Liu, Jiansheng ^a   Zhou, Tao ^b   Zhu, Jinsong ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; CDS; CDS NANOWIRES; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; INTEGRATED PHOTONICS; LASER CONFIGURATION; LASING THRESHOLD; LOW-THRESHOLD LASING; METAL SUBSTRATE; MODAL LOSS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; NANO SCALE; NANOMETRICS; NOVEL ROUTE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ON-CHIP INTEGRATION; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC COMPONENTS; PHOTONIC SYSTEMS; PLASMONIC; SINGLE CHIPS; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; GEOMETRY; LASERS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84870206210     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/50/505105     Document Type: Article

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