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

We report the first experimental demonstration of compensating Joule losses in metallic photonic metamaterial using optically pumped PbS semiconductor quantum dots.

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Main Authors: Plum, E. (Author), Fedotov, V.A (Author), Kuo, P. (Author), Tsai, D.P (Author), Zheludev, N.I (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2009-05.
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