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 plasmonic nanolaser is a class of lasers with the physical dimensions free from the
optical diffraction limit. In the past decade, progress in performance, applications, and …

Constrained by large ohmic and radiation losses, plasmonic nanolasers operated at visible
regime are usually achieved either with a high threshold (102–104 MW cm− 2) or at …

Emerging telecommunication and data routing applications anticipate a photonic roadmap
leading to ultra-compact photonic integrated circuits. Consequently, photonic devices will …

Plasmon lasers are a new class of coherent optical frequency electromagnetic wave
amplifiers that deliver intense, coherent and directional surface plasmons well below the …

Lead halide perovskite materials have recently received considerable attention for achieving
an economic and tunable laser owing to their solution-processable feature and promising …

We demonstrate a continuous wave (CW) sub-wavelength metallic-cavity semiconductor
laser with electrical injection at room temperature (RT). Our metal-cavity laser with a cavity …

Miniaturization has been an everlasting theme in the development of semiconductor lasers.
One important breakthrough in this process in recent years is the use of metal-dielectric …

Electrically pumped nanolasers have achieved many exciting achievements and display a
wide range of potential application prospects in the fields of optoelectronic chips, information …

The use of metals for light localization in lasers is a new way of reducing their size and
addresses the key issues of electrical contacting and heat sinking. Such lasers can also be …