Abstract
We establish the theory of light amplification and lasing in optical metamaterials. We show how loss compensation in slow-light metamaterial heterostructures becomes possible, and elucidate light amplification and lasing in active nanoplasmonic double-fishnet metamaterials.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
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