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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