Abstract
Using a full-wave Maxwell-Bloch Langevin approach we show how, by using gain, we may overcome losses in double-fishnet negative-index metamaterials, as well as achieve net steady-state amplification and nanoscopic lasing over a broad ultrathin area.
© 2012 Optical Society of America
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