Title :
FDTD simulation of the nonlinear gain and pumping dynamics of optically pumped VCSELs
Author :
Slavcheva, G.M. ; Arnold, J.M. ; Ziolkowski, R.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK
Abstract :
In this paper we apply the method of the FDTD solution of the full-wave vectorial Maxwell-Bloch equations for a two-level quantum system to investigate the nonlinear gain spatio-temporal dynamics of an active semiconductor microcavity. We have performed a number of validation studies in order to establish the ability of our 1D semiclassical model to correctly recover the nonlinear gain dynamics of a homogeneously broadened two-level saturable gain medium.
Keywords :
Maxwell equations; finite difference time-domain analysis; microcavities; microcavity lasers; optical pumping; quantum optics; surface emitting lasers; FDTD simulation; VCSEL; active semiconductor microcavity; full-wave vectorial Maxwell-Bloch equations; nonlinear gain; optical pumping; pumping dynamics; spatio-temporal dynamics; two-level quantum system; two-level saturable gain medium; Finite difference methods; Maxwell equations; Microcavities; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Performance gain; Time domain analysis; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252899
