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Lasing spaser
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In 2003 Bergman and Stockman introduced the spaser, a quantum amplifier of surface plasmons by stimulated emission of radiation. They argued that, by exploiting a metal/dielectric composite medium, it should be possible to construct a nano-device, where a strong coherent field is built up in a spatial region much smaller than the wavelength. It was suggested that V-shaped metallic inclusions, combined with a collection of semiconductor quantum dots could lead to a realization of the spaser. Here we introduce a further development of the spaser concept. We show that by combining the metamaterial and spaser ideas one can create a planar narrow-diversion coherent source of electromagnetic radiation that is fuelled by plasmonic oscillations. We argue that two-dimensional arrays of a certain class of plasmonic resonators supporting high-Q current excitations belong to a new category of coherent metamaterials that provide an intriguing opportunity to create a spatially and temporally coherent laser source, the Lasing Spaser.
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- Authors
- Zheludev, N. I., Prosvirnin, S. L., Papasimakis, N., & Fedotov, V. A.
- Venue
- Nature Photonics
- Published
- 2008-05-25
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 351-354
- ISSN
- 1749-4885 (ISSN-L)
- 1749-4893
- OpenAlex
- W2154043902
- Cited by
- 671
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 32.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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