Towards the lasing spaser: controlling metamaterial optical response with semiconductor quantum dots

被引:178
作者
Plum, E. [1 ]
Fedotov, V. A. [1 ]
Kuo, P. [2 ]
Tsai, D. P. [3 ]
Zheludev, N. I. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] Acad Sinica, Inst Phys, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
[3] Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Phys, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
来源
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2009年 / 17卷 / 10期
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; ACTIVE METAMATERIALS; GAIN;
D O I
10.1364/OE.17.008548
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report the first experimental demonstration of compensating Joule losses in metallic photonic metamaterial using optically pumped PbS semiconductor quantum dots. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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页码:8548 / 8551
页数:4
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