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Lasing spaser

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Nikolay I. Zheludev *
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S. L. Prosvirnin
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Nikitas Papasimakis
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V.A. Fedotov
DOI:10.1038/nphoton.2008.82delete
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In 2003 Bergman and Stockman introduced the spaser, a quantum amplifier of surface plasmons by stimulated emission of radiation(1). They argued that by exploiting a metal/ dielectric composite medium it should be possible to construct a nanodevice, where a strong coherent field is built up in a spatial region much smaller than the wavelength(1,2). V-shaped metallic structures, combined with semiconductor quantum dots, were discussed as a possible realization of the spaser(1). Here we introduce a further development of the spaser concept. We show that by combining the metamaterial and spaser ideas one can create a narrow-diversion coherent source of electromagnetic radiation that is fuelled by plasmonic oscillations. We argue that a two-dimensional array of a certain class of plasmonic resonators supporting coherent current excitations with high quality factor can act as a planar source of spatially and temporally coherent radiation, which we term a 'lasing spaser.'
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