A Low-Threshold Miniaturized Plasmonic Nanowire Laser with High-Reflectivity Metal Mirrors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Zheng, J.; Yan, X.; Wei, W.; Wu, C.; Sibirev, N.; Zhang, X.; Ren, X. A Low-Threshold Miniaturized Plasmonic Nanowire Laser with High-Reflectivity Metal Mirrors. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 1928. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10101928
Zheng J, Yan X, Wei W, Wu C, Sibirev N, Zhang X, Ren X. A Low-Threshold Miniaturized Plasmonic Nanowire Laser with High-Reflectivity Metal Mirrors. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(10):1928. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10101928
Chicago/Turabian StyleZheng, Jiahui, Xin Yan, Wei Wei, Chao Wu, Nickolay Sibirev, Xia Zhang, and Xiaomin Ren. 2020. "A Low-Threshold Miniaturized Plasmonic Nanowire Laser with High-Reflectivity Metal Mirrors" Nanomaterials 10, no. 10: 1928. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10101928