Proposed graphene nanospaser

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Apalkov, Vadym ^a   Stockman, Mark I ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Graphene; Quantum cascade laser; Quantum well; Spaser

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; PLASMONS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

GAIN MEDIUM; GRAPHENE PLASMONS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY; MID-INFRARED REGIONS; MID-INFRARED SPECTRAL REGIONS; OPTICAL FIELD; QUANTUM CASCADES; SPASER;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84903958534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2014.72     Document Type: Article

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