Gain-Assisted Propagation in a Plasmonic Waveguide at Telecom Wavelength

被引：219

作者：

Grandidier, Jonathan

des Francs, Gerard Colas ^{[1
]}

Massenot, Sebastien

Bouhelier, Alexandre

Markey, Laurent

Weeber, Jean-Claude

Finot, Christophe

Dereux, Alain

机构：

[1] CNRS, UMR 5209, Inst Carnot Bourgogne, F-21078 Dijon, France

来源：

NANO LETTERS | 2009年 / 9卷 / 08期

关键词：

STIMULATED-EMISSION; SURFACE;

D O I：

10.1021/nl901314u

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

The spatial confinement of surface plasmon polaritons is a promising route for realizing optical on-board interconnects. However, mode losses increase with the confinement factor. To overcome this road block, we investigate propagation assisted by stimulated emission in a polymer strip-loaded plasmonic waveguide doped with nanocrystals. We achieve 27% increase of the propagation length at telecom wavelength corresponding to a 160 cm(-1) optical gain coefficient. Such a configuration is a step toward integrated plasmonic amplifiers.

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页码：2935 / 2939

页数：5

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