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Highly efficient, broadband coherent surface-mixing-wave generation using amplified surface plasmonic polaritons

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Author(s)

C. J. Zhu, X Zhao, Guoxiang Huang, Lu Deng, Edward W. Hagley, Yan Ren

Abstract

We show that coherent broadband surface mixing-wave (SMW) by a hyper-Raman process can be efficiently generated near a metallic surface abutting a quasi-three-level gain medium. The generation process is significantly enhanced by the amplified surface plasmonic polaritons (SPPs) in the gain layer, resulting in rapid growth of both fields. The highly efficient and directional amplified SPP and hyper-Raman SMW may facilitate engineering applications in which amplified- SPP propagation is desirable.
Citation
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
104
Issue
(20)

Keywords

surface mixing wave, surface plasmonic wave, nanotechnology

Citation

Zhu, C. , Zhao, X. , Huang, G. , Deng, L. , Hagley, E. and Ren, Y. (2014), Highly efficient, broadband coherent surface-mixing-wave generation using amplified surface plasmonic polaritons, Applied Physics Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4878406 (Accessed April 4, 2025)

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Created May 20, 2014, Updated October 12, 2021