Resonance amplification of left-handed transmission at optical frequencies by stimulated emission of radiation in active metamaterials

Zhang, Dong; Liu, Hui; Li, Tao; Zhu, Zhihong; Wang, Shuming; Cao, Jingxiao; Zhu, Shining; Zhang, Xiang

doi:10.1364/oe.16.020974

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“…These metallic/plasmonic nano-lasers have provided optical sources that are much smaller than a wavelength (see e.g., [44][45][46][47][48][49][50]). Gain has also been introduced to overcome the losses associated with metal-based optical MTMs [51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] and with plasmonic systems [60][61][62][63][64][65]. Experimental verification of a version of the highly subwavelength nano-particle lasers has been reported with an optically pumped, dye-impregnated coating [66].…”

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Cylindrical and Spherical Active Coated Nanoparticles as Nanoantennas: Active Nanoparticles as Nanoantennas

Arslanagić

Ziolkowski

2017

IEEE Antennas Propag. Mag.

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In this work we review the fundamental properties of several spherical and cylindrical, passive and active, coated nano-particles (CNPs) with emphasis on their potential for nanoantenna and nano-amplifier synthesis. For the spherical geometries, the nano-particles are excited by an electric Hertzian dipole, which represents, e.g., a stimulated atom or molecule. The cylindrical nano-particles are excited by a magnetic line source. In the active cases, gain is added to the core region of the particle. For simplicity, it is modelled by a canonical, frequency independent gain model. We demonstrate that specific CNPs can be designed to be resonant and well-matched to their respective excitation sources. With active cores, these designs can lead to extremely large total radiated powers. For both configurations, insights into the effects of the nano-particle material composition, source location and orientation will be given on the basis of studying their near-field and power flow density distributions, their total radiated powers, and their directivity properties.

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Cylindrical and Spherical Active Coated Nanoparticles as Nanoantennas: Active Nanoparticles as Nanoantennas

Arslanagić

Ziolkowski

2017

IEEE Antennas Propag. Mag.

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“…Several schemes have been suggested to overcome these losses including using gain media and parametric processes. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In particular it has been shown theoretically that through the localfield amplification mechanism a very small amount of gain can strongly change absorption and transmission of certain metamaterials 10,11 to the extend of creating conditions for a metamaterial …”

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

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We report the first experimental demonstration of compensating Joule losses in metallic photonic metamaterial using optically pumped PbS semiconductor quantum dots.Metallic Joule losses in nano-structured metamaterials are the main obstacle in achieving optical negative index media and narrow resonance frequency selective surfaces for photonic applications. Several schemes have been suggested to overcome these losses including using gain media and parametric processes. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In particular it has been shown theoretically that through the localfield amplification mechanism a very small amount of gain can strongly change absorption and transmission of certain metamaterials 10,11 to the extend of creating conditions for a metamaterial

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“…However, there exists a fatal problem prevents these subwavelength waveguides from the realistic application that is the loss including the large scattering loss introduced by the micro-fabrication and the Ohmic loss of the metal component, especially at light frequency region. A promising method to compensate the loss in plasmonic systems is to combine the metallic structures with the gain materials [7][8][9][10]. In one of our recent work, a magnetic plasmon nanolaser is reported based on double resonance nanosandwich structures [11].…”

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The gain effect in a magnetic plasmon waveguide

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Zhu

Cao

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Applied Physics Letters

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Loss is a crucial problem in plasmonic integrated optical circuits and metamaterials. The Er, Yb codoped gain material is introduced into a magnetic plasmon waveguide composed of a chain of nanosandwiches in order to solve the loss problem in such subwavelength waveguide. The magnetic plasmon mode and a higher order mode are chosen as the signal and pump light to enhance the radiation and pump efficiencies. The signal light propagating in the waveguide is investigated with different Er 3+ doping concentration and signal decay time. It is shown that the gain effect can not only compensate the loss but also is able to amplify the signal, when exceeding certain threshold values of doping concentration and signal decay time.The waveguides composed of chains of nobel metal nanoparticles have recently attracted widely attention in plasmonic integrated optical circuits. By using the coupled surface plasmon mode, which is able to confine the field tightly to the waveguide itself, one can get a small waveguide whose size even below the diffractive limit [1]. On the other hand, the subwavelength waveguide based on coupling of magnetic resonance between the SSRRs (single split ring resonator) has also been reported [2][3][4]. The collective magnetic resonance in the waveguide is called magnetic plasmon (MP). In such an MP waveguide, lower radiation loss and longer propagation length are obtained compared with the coupled electric resonance in nanoparticle chain. To overcome the frequency saturation of SSRR structure at about

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Resonance amplification of left-handed transmission at optical frequencies by stimulated emission of radiation in active metamaterials

Cited by 25 publications

References 30 publications

Cylindrical and Spherical Active Coated Nanoparticles as Nanoantennas: Active Nanoparticles as Nanoantennas

Cylindrical and Spherical Active Coated Nanoparticles as Nanoantennas: Active Nanoparticles as Nanoantennas

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

The gain effect in a magnetic plasmon waveguide

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