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An eigenvalue method to study the threshold behaviors of plasmonic nano-lasers

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An eigenvalue method is proposed to study the threshold behaviors of plasmonic nano-lasers. The medium gain and dispersion are taken into consideration based on semi-classical laser dynamics, and therefore the lasing threshold, mode pattern, and lasing frequency can be theoretically predicted. The lasing properties of dielectric, plasmonic core, and plasmonic shell nano-lasers are investigated in details. It is found that the lasing thresholds of nano-lasers can be reduced by two orders of magnitude when introducing localized surface plasmon modes.

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This work was supported by the Chinese Nature Science Grant (11174281, 91123032, 61275061), and Natural Science Foundation Project of CQ CSTC (cstc2012jjjq0027, cstc2012ggC0024).

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  1. Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, 401122, People’s Republic of China

    Linlong Tang, Haofei Shi, Xiaochun Dong & Chunlei Du

  2. Physics Department, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, People’s Republic of China

    Linlong Tang, Jinglei Du & Zhiyou Zhang

  3. Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 350, Chengdu, 610209, People’s Republic of China

    Hongtao Gao

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Tang, L., Shi, H., Gao, H. et al. An eigenvalue method to study the threshold behaviors of plasmonic nano-lasers. Appl. Phys. B 113, 575–579 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5512-4

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