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ReviewLight, science & applications2020

Ten years of spasers and plasmonic nanolasers.

Shaimaa I Azzam, Alexander V Kildishev, Ren-Min Ma, Cun-Zheng Ning, Rupert Oulton, Vladimir M Shalaev, Mark I Stockman, Jia-Lu Xu, Xiang Zhang

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Review in Light, science & applications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Shaimaa I AzzamSchool of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA.
Alexander V KildishevSchool of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8382-8422
Ren-Min MaState Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4199-5772
Cun-Zheng NingDepartment of Electronic Engineering and International Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China.
Rupert OultonThe Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5070-3623
Vladimir M ShalaevSchool of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8976-1102
Mark I StockmanCenter for Nano-Optics (CeNO) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA.
Jia-Lu XuDepartment of Electronic Engineering and International Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China.
Xiang ZhangNanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) NOS. 91950115, 11774014, 61521004Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality (Beijing Natural Science Foundation) NO. Z180011United States Department of Defense | United States Air Force | AFMC | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AF Office of Scientific Research) FA9550-18-1-0002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ten years ago, three teams experimentally demonstrated the first spasers, or plasmonic nanolasers, after the spaser concept was first proposed theoretically in 2003. An overview of the significant progress achieved over the last 10 years is presented here, together with the original context of and motivations for this research. After a general introduction, we first summarize the fundamental properties of spasers and discuss the major motivations that led to the first demonstrations of spasers and nanolasers. This is followed by an overview of crucial technological progress, including lasing threshold reduction, dynamic modulation, room-temperature operation, electrical injection, the control and improvement of spasers, the array operation of spasers, and selected applications of single-particle spasers. Research prospects are presented in relation to several directions of development, including further miniaturization, the relationship with Bose-Einstein condensation, novel spaser-based interconnects, and other features of spasers and plasmonic lasers that have yet to be realized or challenges that are still to be overcome.

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Lasers, LEDs and light sourcesNanophotonics and plasmonicsOptical materials and structures

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PMID32509297
PMCPMC7248101

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