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Recent Progress in Low Threshold Plasmonic Nanolasers

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ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 15, Pages -

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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202203137

Keywords

low threshold; plasmonic nanolasers; semiconductor lasers; spaser; surface plasmons

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Plasmonic nanolasers, which go beyond the diffraction limit, have gained significant attention. However, the high optical confinement caused by the plasmon effect also leads to metal absorption loss, increasing the pump threshold. This paper discusses the factors affecting the threshold, reviews experimental efforts, explores applications, and discusses approaches for threshold reduction and future possibilities.
Plasmonic nanolasers as a new class of coherent laser beyond the diffraction limit have attracted a lot of attention. However, the ultrahigh optical confinement caused by the plasmon effect is inevitably accompanied by metal absorption loss, thus increasing the pump threshold of the plasmonic nanolaser. In the past decade, many good results about low threshold plasmonic nanolasers have been realized and successfully extended to various applications. Here, this advance is discussed and some opinions are offered. First, based on the theoretical model and key parameters of the plasmonic nanolaser, the factors affecting the threshold are analyzed. Subsequently, the experimental efforts on the realization of low threshold plasmonic nanolasers from optical pumping to electrical pumping are reviewed. Their applications in on-chip optical interconnects, biochemical analysis, and far-field structure are then considered. Finally, feasible approaches to threshold reduction are discussed, as well as more possible applications in the future.

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