Stimulated Emission of Surface Plasmon Polaritons

Noginov, M. A.; Zhu, G.; Mayy, M.; Ritzo, B. A.; Ногинова, Н.; Podolskiy, Viktor A.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.101.226806

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“…[15][16][17][18][23][24][25] Optical gain has been demonstrated by measuring amplified spontaneous emission for a thin film of gold covered with a fluorescent polymer. 18 Enhancement in the SPP propagation length and partial loss compensation has been achieved for SPPs supported at the interface of a quantum dotdoped polymer strip on a gold film.…”

Section: Subwavelength Confinement and Active Control Of Light Is Essmentioning

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Dye-Assisted Gain of Strongly Confined Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Silver Nanowires

Paul

Zhen²,

Wang

et al. 2014

Nano Lett.

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Noble metal nanowires are excellent candidates as subwavelength optical components in miniaturized devices due to their ability to support the propagation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). Nanoscale data transfer based on SPP propagation at optical frequencies has the advantage of larger bandwidths but also suffers from larger losses due to strong mode confinement. To overcome losses, SPP gain has been realized, but so far only for weakly confined SPPs in metal films and stripes. Here we report the demonstration of gain for subwavelength SPPs that were strongly confined in chemically prepared silver nanowires (mode area = λ2/40) using a dye-doped polymer film as the optical gain medium. Under continuous wave excitation at 514 nm, we measured a gain coefficient of 270 cm–1 for SPPs at 633 nm, resulting in partial SPP loss compensation of 14%. This achievement for strongly confined SPPs represents a major step forward toward the realization of nanoscale plasmonic amplifiers and lasers.

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Section: Subwavelength Confinement and Active Control Of Light Is Essmentioning

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Dye-Assisted Gain of Strongly Confined Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Silver Nanowires

Paul

Zhen²,

Wang

et al. 2014

Nano Lett.

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“…This has driven recent research to examine stimulated SPP emission in systems that exhibit low loss, but only minimal confinement, which excludes such schemes from the rich new physics of nanometre scale optics [14,15]. Recently, we have theoretically proposed a new approach hybridizing dielectric waveguiding with plasmonics, where a semiconductor nanowire sits atop a metallic surface, separated by a nano-scale insulating gap [16].…”

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Plasmon lasers at deep subwavelength scale

Oulton

Sorger

Zentgraf

et al. 2009

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“…Moving clockwise from the top left hand corner, these include: a (proposed) plasmon cloaking device [174,175], single-molecule SERS sensing platforms that rely on plasmonic hot spots [169], theranostics [170], surface plasmon lasers or 'spasers' [173,176,177], LSPR biosensors using simple LEDs [172], nextgeneration photovoltaic cells [87] and plasmon rulers [171]. This is of course a non-exhaustive list that is meant to just give an idea of how many fields plasmonics is involved in.…”

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Plasmas meet plasmonics

2012

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Abstract. The term 'plasmon' was first coined in 1956 to describe collective electronic oscillations in solids which were very similar to electronic oscillations/surface waves in a plasma discharge (effectively the same formulae can be used to describe the frequencies of these physical phenomena). Surface waves originating in a plasma were initially considered to be just a tool for basic research, until they were successfully used for the generation of large-area plasmas for nanoscale materials synthesis and processing. To demonstrate the synergies between 'plasmons' and 'plasmas', these large-area plasmas can be used to make plasmonic nanostructures which functionally enhance a range of emerging devices. The incorporation of plasmafabricated metal-based nanostructures into plasmonic devices is the missing link needed to bridge not only surface waves from traditional plasma physics and surface plasmons from optics, but also, more topically, macroscopic gaseous and nanoscale metal plasmas. This article first presents a brief review of surface waves and surface plasmons, then describe how these areas of research may be linked through Plasma Nanoscience showing, by closely looking at the essential physics as well as current and future applications, how everything old, is new, once again.

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Stimulated Emission of Surface Plasmon Polaritons

Cited by 287 publications

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Dye-Assisted Gain of Strongly Confined Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Silver Nanowires

Dye-Assisted Gain of Strongly Confined Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Silver Nanowires

Plasmon lasers at deep subwavelength scale

Plasmas meet plasmonics

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