Quantum-coherence-enhanced surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Dorfman, Konstantin E ^a,b   Jha, Pankaj K ^a,c   Voronine, Dmitri V ^a,c   Genevet, Patrice ^d   Capasso, Federico ^d   Scully, Marlan O ^a,c,e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEDIUM; POPULATION INVERSIONS; QUANTUM COHERENCE; QUANTUM CONTROL; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMONS; THREE-LEVEL;

AMPLIFICATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SILVER; STIMULATED EMISSION;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84880909334     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.043601     Document Type: Article

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