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Opt Express. 2013 Jun 03;21(11):13467-78. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.013467.

Loss compensation by spasers in plasmonic systems.

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E S Andrianov, D G Baranov, A A Pukhov, A V Dorofeenko, A P Vinogradov, A A Lisyansky

Affiliations

  1. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudniy 141700, Moscow Region, Russia.

PMID: 23736600 DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.013467

Abstract

We show that in plasmonic systems, exact loss compensation can be achieved with the help of spasers pumped over a wide range of pumping values both below and above the spasing threshold. We demonstrate that the difference between spaser operation below and above the spasing threshold vanishes, when the spaser is synchronized by an external field. As the spasing threshold loses its significance, a new pumping threshold, the threshold of loss compensation, arises. Below this threshold, which is smaller than the spasing threshold, compensation is impossible at any frequency of the external field.

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