Spaser made of graphene and carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2431-2438

  Rupasinghe, Chanaka ^a   Rukhlenko, Ivan D ^a,b   Premaratne, Malin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; graphene; optical devices; quantum plasmonics; spaser

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAPHENE; OPTICAL DEVICES; RESONATORS;

GRAPHENE NANOFLAKE; MATERIAL PARAMETER; NEAR FIELD INTERACTIONS; PLASMON-EXCITON INTERACTIONS; PLASMONIC NANOCIRCUITS; PLASMONIC RESONATORS; QUANTUM PLASMONICS; SPASER;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84896959045     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn406015d     Document Type: Article

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