A numerical simulation of nanodisk semiconductor-plasmonic laser using BOR-FDTD with a multilevel gain medium model

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2346-2352

  Wang, Qian ^a   Ho, Seng Tiong ^b  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanocavity; plasmonics; semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

BODY OF REVOLUTION; DRUDE-LORENTZ MODEL; EFFICIENT SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; GAIN MEDIUM; LASING PERFORMANCE; MULTILEVEL MODEL; NANO-CAVITIES; NANODISKS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONICS; SPATIAL SIMULATION;

BODIES OF REVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASERS; PLASMONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 84871828917     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2228181     Document Type: Article

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