Active surface plasmon devices

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This proposal is devoted to the investigation of active plasmonic devices, particularly amplifiers and oscillators (lasers) operating with surface plasmons. The objectives are: to research and demonstrate low-ASE (amplified spontaneous emission) polarisation-independent surface plasmon amplifiers, to research and demonstrate tunable 1st order Bragg gratings and 2nd order grating couplers, to research and demonstrate tunable surface plasmon lasers, and to fabricate surface plasmon amplifiers, gratings and lasers. Conducting the work described in this proposal will result in significant advances, of interest to the plasmonics and the broader photonics, telecom and sensor communities. A low ASE (noise) amplifier is of significant interest for telecom applications, and a high quality tunable coherent source is of great interest for integration with e.g. biosensors, but also as an independent component given its expected performance (strongly polarised, low noise, broadly tunable). Over the duration of this program, 2 Ph.D. and 4 master's students will complete their studies, and 4 new students will begin. The research outcomes and the highly qualified personnel produced will be of strong interest to the Canadian high-technology industry sector, particularly to the electronics and photonics industries, which are of strategic importance to Canada's innovation agenda.