Lasing in metal-insulator-metal sub-wavelength plasmonic waveguides Export

@article{citeulike:4904121, abstract = {We demonstrate lasing in Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) waveguides filled with electrically pumped semiconductor cores, with core width dimensions below the diffraction limit. Furthermore these waveguides propagate a transverse magnetic (TM0) or so called gap plasmon mode [1-4]. Hence we show that losses in sub-wavelength MIM waveguides can be overcome to create small plasmon mode lasers at wavelengths near 1500nm. We also give results showing room temperature lasing in MIM waveguides, with approximately 310nm wide semiconductor cores which propagate a transverse electric mode.}, author = {Hill, Martin T. and Marell, Milan and Leong, Eunice S. P. and Smalbrugge, Barry and Zhu, Youcai and Sun, Minghua and van Veldhoven, Peter J. and Geluk, Erik J. and Karouta, Fouad and Oei, Yok S. and N\"{o}tzel, Richard and Ning, Cun Z. and Smit, Meint K.}, citeulike-article-id = {4904121}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.011107}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=182907}, day = {22}, doi = {10.1364/OE.17.011107}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {laser, metal, mim, waveguide}, month = {June}, number = {13}, pages = {11107--11112}, posted-at = {2009-06-20 09:25:00}, priority = {2}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Lasing in metal-insulator-metal sub-wavelength plasmonic waveguides}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.011107}, volume = {17}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4904121 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4904121 N2 - We demonstrate lasing in Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) waveguides filled with electrically pumped semiconductor cores, with core width dimensions below the diffraction limit. Furthermore these waveguides propagate a transverse magnetic (TM0) or so called gap plasmon mode [1-4]. Hence we show that losses in sub-wavelength MIM waveguides can be overcome to create small plasmon mode lasers at wavelengths near 1500nm. We also give results showing room temperature lasing in MIM waveguides, with approximately 310nm wide semiconductor cores which propagate a transverse electric mode. IS - 13 JF - Opt. Express EP - 11112 TI - Lasing in metal-insulator-metal sub-wavelength plasmonic waveguides PB - OSA VL - 17 SP - 11107 KW - laser KW - metal KW - mim KW - waveguide AU - Hill, Martin AU - Marell, Milan AU - Leong, Eunice AU - Smalbrugge, Barry AU - Zhu, Youcai AU - Sun, Minghua AU - van Veldhoven, Peter AU - Geluk, Erik AU - Karouta, Fouad AU - Oei, Yok AU - Nötzel, Richard AU - Ning, Cun AU - Smit, Meint PY - 2009/June/22/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.011107 ER -