TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface Plasmon Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
T2 - Quantum Generation of Coherent Surface Plasmons in Nanosystems
AU - Bergman, David J.
AU - Stockman, Mark I.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We make a step towards quantum nanoplasmonics: surface plasmon fields of a nanosystem are quantized and their stimulated emission is considered. We introduce a quantum generator for surface plasmon quanta and consider the phenomenon of surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (spaser). Spaser generates temporally coherent high-intensity fields of selected surface plasmon modes that can be strongly localized on the nanoscale, including dark modes that do not couple to far-zone electromagnetic fields. Applications and related phenomena are discussed.
AB - We make a step towards quantum nanoplasmonics: surface plasmon fields of a nanosystem are quantized and their stimulated emission is considered. We introduce a quantum generator for surface plasmon quanta and consider the phenomenon of surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (spaser). Spaser generates temporally coherent high-intensity fields of selected surface plasmon modes that can be strongly localized on the nanoscale, including dark modes that do not couple to far-zone electromagnetic fields. Applications and related phenomena are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.027402
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.027402
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AN - SCOPUS:84908414821
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 90
SP - 4
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 2
ER -