Stimulated Emission of Surface Plasmon Polaritons

2008/01/30 by M. A. Noginov, G. Zhu, M. F. Mayy +6 · 4 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications #Photonic Crystals and Applications #Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.101.226806

8 pages; 3 figures

arxiv created 2008/01/30 · openalex publication_date 2008/11/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We have observed laserlike emission of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) decoupled to the glass prism in an attenuated total reflection setup. SPPs were excited by optically pumped molecules in a polymeric film deposited on the top of a silver film. Stimulated emission was characterized by a distinct threshold in the input-output dependence and narrowing of the emission spectrum. The observed stimulated emission and corresponding compensation of the metallic absorption loss by gain enables many applications of metamaterials and nanoplasmonic devices.

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