Computational analysis of the effects of gain material inclusion in engineered metal nanostructures

Jinsong Duan; Ruth Pachter

doi:10.1117/12.908842

23 February 2012 Computational analysis of the effects of gain material inclusion in engineered metal nanostructures

Jinsong Duan, Ruth Pachter

Proceedings Volume 8271, Quantum Dots and Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling IX; 82710V (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908842
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Compensation for loss by introducing gain media in optical metamaterials was suggested by Ramakrishna and Pendry (Phys. Rev. B, 67, 201101, 2003). In this work, applying finite-difference-time-domain simulations, we analyzed an Au nanorod (AuNR) structure, as well as fishnet nanostructures with varying positioning of the gain medium. Transmittance, reflection and absorption spectra for an AuNR nanostructure incorporating InP quantum dots (QDs) and of a fishnet nanostructure incorporating InAs QDs have shown that despite limitations, results are encouraging in increasing the transmittance upon gain medium incorporation in the passive regime.

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Jinsong Duan and Ruth Pachter "Computational analysis of the effects of gain material inclusion in engineered metal nanostructures", Proc. SPIE 8271, Quantum Dots and Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling IX, 82710V (23 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908842

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