Surface plasmon laser based on metal cavity array with two different modes

doi:10.1364/OE.18.023626

Surface plasmon laser based on metal cavity array with two different modes

Jiaqi Li, Yuan Zhang, Ting Mei, and Michael Fiddy »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 23, pp. 23626-23632 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.023626

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Abstract

The phenomenon of surface plasmon (SP) laser based on a square array of rectangular cavities cut into a metal substrate has been investigated. Both main resonant modes of the proposed structure can be used to realize SP laser while the working mechanism is different. We study the origin of these differences and propose an efficient design that exploits them. Besides, the effect of the sample size on SPP mode lasing is also discussed.

OCIS Codes
(250.5403) Optoelectronics : Plasmonics
(310.6628) Thin films : Subwavelength structures, nanostructures

ToC Category:
Optics at Surfaces

History
Original Manuscript: June 1, 2010
Revised Manuscript: July 2, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: September 8, 2010
Published: October 26, 2010

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Jiaqi Li, Yuan Zhang, Ting Mei, and Michael Fiddy, "Surface plasmon laser based on metal cavity array with two different modes," Opt. Express 18, 23626-23632 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-23-23626

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Ambati, M.
Bakker, R.
Banerjee, A.
Bartal, G.
Belgrave, A. M.
Bergman, D. J.
Cao, J. X.
Dong, Z. G.
Fedotov, V. A.
Genov, D. A.
Grebel, H.
Herz, E.
Huang, C. P.
Li, J. Q.
Li, R.
Li, T.
Liu, H.
Nam, S. H.
Narimanov, E. E.
Noginov, M. A.
Papasimakis, N.
Prosvirnin, S. L.
Shalaev, V. M.
Stockman, M. I.
Stout, S.
Suteewong, T.
Ulin-Avila, E.
Wang, Q. J.
Wang, S. M.
Wiesner, U.
Yin, X. G.
Zhang, X.
Zheludev, N. I.
Zhu, G.
Zhu, S. N.
Zhu, Y. Y.
Zhu, Z. H.

Appl. Phys. Lett.

A. Banerjee, R. Li, and H. Grebel, “Surface plasmon lasers with quantum dots as gain media,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 95(25), 251106 (2009). [CrossRef]
C. P. Huang, J. Q. Li, Q. J. Wang, X. G. Yin, and Y. Y. Zhu, “Light reflection from a metal surface with subwavelength cavities,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 93(8), 081917 (2008). [CrossRef]

J. Opt.

M. I. Stockman, “The Spaser as a nanoscale quantum generator and ultrafast amplifer,” J. Opt. 12(2), 024004 (2010). [CrossRef]

Nano Lett.

M. Ambati, S. H. Nam, E. Ulin-Avila, D. A. Genov, G. Bartal, and X. Zhang, “Observation of stimulated emission of surface plasmon polaritons,” Nano Lett. 8(11), 3998–4001 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Nat. Photonics

M. I. Stockman, “Spasers explained,” Nat. Photonics 2(6), 327–329 (2008). [CrossRef]
N. I. Zheludev, S. L. Prosvirnin, N. Papasimakis, and V. A. Fedotov, “Lasing spaser,” Nat. Photonics 2(6), 351–354 (2008). [CrossRef]

Nature

M. A. Noginov, G. Zhu, A. M. Belgrave, R. Bakker, V. M. Shalaev, E. E. Narimanov, S. Stout, E. Herz, T. Suteewong, and U. Wiesner, “Demonstration of a spaser-based nanolaser,” Nature 460(7259), 1110–1112 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. B

Z. G. Dong, H. Liu, T. Li, Z. H. Zhu, S. M. Wang, J. X. Cao, S. N. Zhu, and X. Zhang, “Modeling the directed transmission and reflection enhancements of the lasing surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation in active metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. B 80(23), 235116 (2009). [CrossRef]
C. P. Huang, Q. J. Wang, and Y. Y. Zhu, “Dual effect of surface plasmons in light transmission through perforated metal films,” Phys. Rev. B 75(24), 245421 (2007). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

D. J. Bergman and M. I. Stockman, “Surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation: quantum generation of coherent surface plasmons in nanosystems,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90(2), 027402 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

J. A. Gordon, and R. W. Ziolkowski, “The design and simulated performance of a coated nano-particle laser” Opt. Expr. 15, 2622 (2007), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-5-2622 .
M. Wegener, J. L. Garcia-Pomar, C. M. Soukoulis, N. Meinzer, M. Ruther, and S. Linden, “Toy model for plasmonic metamaterial resonances coupled to two-level system gain” Opt. Expr. 16, 19785 (2008), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-24-19785 .
Z. G. Dong, H. Liu, T. Li, Z. H. Zhu, S. M. Wang, J. X. Cao, S. N. Zhu, and X. Zhang, “Resonance amplification of left-handed transmission at optical frequencies by stimulated emission of radiation in active metamaterials” Opt. Expr. 16, 20974 (2008), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-25-20974 .
C. F. Klingshirn, Semiconductor Optics, (3rd edition, Springer, 2007).

2010, Stockman, J. Opt.
2009, Banerjee, Appl. Phys. Lett.
2009, Dong, Phys. Rev. B
2009, Noginov, Nature
2008, Ambati, Nano Lett.
2008, Stockman, Nat. Photonics
2008, Zheludev, Nat. Photonics
2008, Huang, Appl. Phys. Lett.
2007, Huang, Phys. Rev. B
2003, Bergman, Phys. Rev. Lett.

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