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Gain-assisted propagation of surface plasmon polaritons via electrically pumped quantum wells

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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 35, Issue 18, Pages 3075-3077

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OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.35.003075

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  1. Singapore National Research Foundation [NRF-G-CRP 2007-01]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [10804003]
  3. Department of Education of Guangdong Province, China [C10131]

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We studied the loss compensation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) with InGaAsP quantum wells at telecom wavelength. The quantum wells are buried in the vicinity of a thin Au film. The propagation length of short-range SPPs increases drastically with the gain coefficient of quantum wells, generated by a forward bias. The elongation of SPP propagation is experimentally observed via long-range SPPs, which strongly couple with the short-range SPPs. This study paves a way for electrically manipulated amplification of SPPs in plasmonic circuits. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

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