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Structural Engineering in Plasmon Nanolasers
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posted on 2018-10-17, 08:17 authored by Danqing Wang, Weijia Wang, Michael P. Knudson, George C. Schatz, Teri W. OdomThis
review focuses on structural engineering of lasers from the
macroscale to the nanoscale, with an emphasis on plasmon nanolasers.
Conventional lasers based on Fabry–Pérot cavities are
limited in device size. In contrast, plasmon nanolasers can overcome
the diffraction limit of light and incorporate unique structural designs
to engineer cavity geometries and optical band structure. Since the
spaser concept was introduced in 2003, tremendous progress in nanolasing
has been made on architectures that exploit metal films and nanoparticles.
Theoretical approaches in both frequency and time domains have inspired
the development of plasmon nanolasers based on mode analysis and time-dependent
lasing buildup. Plasmon nanolasers designed by band-structure engineering
open prospects for manipulation of lasing characteristics such as
directional emission, real-time tunable wavelengths, and controlled
multimode lasing.