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CHEN Yong-yi, TONG Cun-zhu, QIN Li, WANG Li-jun, ZHANG Jin-long. Progress in surface plasmon polariton nano-laser technologies and applications[J]. Chinese Optics, 2012, 5(5): 453-463. doi: 10.3788/CO.20120505.0453
Citation: CHEN Yong-yi, TONG Cun-zhu, QIN Li, WANG Li-jun, ZHANG Jin-long. Progress in surface plasmon polariton nano-laser technologies and applications[J]. Chinese Optics, 2012, 5(5): 453-463. doi: 10.3788/CO.20120505.0453

Progress in surface plasmon polariton nano-laser technologies and applications

doi: 10.3788/CO.20120505.0453
  • Received Date: 12 Jun 2012
  • Rev Recd Date: 13 Aug 2012
  • Publish Date: 10 Oct 2012
  • Conventional semiconductor lasers suffer from the scale of the diffraction limit due to the light to be confined by the optical feedback systems. Therefore, the scales of the lasers cannot be miniaturized because their cavities cannot be less than the half of the lasing wavelength. However, lasers based on the Surface Plasmon Polaritons(SPPs) can operate at a deep sub-wavelength, even nanometer scale. Moreover, the development of modern nanofabrication techniques provides the fabrication conditions for micro- or even nanometer scale lasers. This paper reviews the progress in nano-lasers based on SPPs that have been demonstrated recently. It describes the basic principles of the SPPs and gives structures and characteristics for several kinds of nanometer scale lasers. Then, it points out that the major defects of the nanometer scale lasers currently are focused on higher polariton losses and the difficulties in fabrication and electronic pumping technologies mentioned above. Finally, the paper considers the research and application prospects of the nanometer scale lasers based on the SPPs.

     

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