Plasmon mode lasers; smaller, faster, better

高速信息技术(IT)通信正在消耗越来越多的全球能源。通过结合用于短距离光通信的小型、高性能激光器，可以提高IT硬件的能效。新的金属和等离子体纳米激光器确实更小，理论上可以比目前的介质腔激光器具有性能优势。该项目着眼于开发新的电泵浦等离子体激光器，采用纳米级半导体，满足短距离光通信的要求。这些小型快速激光器的复杂系统也将被研究，目的是提供超过电子设备的高速数字处理能力。

High speed Information Technology (IT) communication is using more and more of our global energy. Energy efficiency of IT hardware can be improved by incorporating small, high performance lasers for short distance optical communication. New metallic and plasmonic nano-lasers lasers are indeed smaller and in theory can have performance advantages over current dielectric cavity lasers. This project looks at developing new electrically pumped plasmonic lasers with nano scale semiconductors that satisfy requirements for short distance optical communications. Complex systems of these small, fast lasers will also be investigated, with the aim of providing high speed digital processing capabilities exceeding those of electronics.