Title :
Optical amplification in Er3+ doped SiO2-TiO2 photonic crystals
Author :
Bialio, D. ; D´Orazio, A. ; de Sario, M. ; Petruzzelli, L.M.V. ; Prudenzano, F.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Abstract :
A time domain analysis of light amplification in an erbium doped silica-titania photonic crystal is reported. The investigation is performed by means of a home-made computer code which exploits the auxiliary differential equation scheme combined with the finite difference time domain technique to solve Maxwell´s equations and the rate equations. The simulation model takes into account the pump and input signal propagation, the secondary transitions pertaining to the ion-ion interactions and exploits the optical, spectroscopic and geometrical parameters measured on the fabricated waveguide.
Keywords :
Maxwell equations; differential equations; erbium; finite difference time-domain analysis; laser transitions; light propagation; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; semiconductor doping; silicon compounds; titanium compounds; Er; Maxwell equation; SiO2-TiO2; auxiliary differential equation; erbium doped silica-titania photonic crystal; fabricated waveguide; finite difference time domain technique; home-made computer code; ion-ion interaction; light amplification; optical amplification; optical pumping; rate equation; secondary transition; signal propagation; Differential equations; Erbium; Finite difference methods; Home computing; Maxwell equations; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Solid modeling; Stimulated emission; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2005, Proceedings of 2005 7th International Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9236-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2005.1505772
