Coherent meta-materials and the lasing spaser

Zheludev, Nikolay I., Prosvirnin, S.L., Papasimakis, N. and Fedotov, V.A. (2008) Coherent meta-materials and the lasing spaser. IEEE COMCAS 2008, Tel Aviv, Israel. 12 - 13 May 2008.

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Abstract

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. V-shaped metallic inclusion, combined with a collection of semiconductor quantum dots were discussed as a possible 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 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 meta-materials that provide an intriguing opportunity to create spatially and temporally coherent laser source, the Lasing Spaser.

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