Title :
Threshold Analysis of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser with Internal Photonic Crystal Waveguide
Author :
Haghighat, Gholamhosein ; Ahmadi, Vahid
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tarbiat Modares Univ., Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Using two dimensional FD method, we analyze the effects of photonic crystal parameters on threshold current in photonic crystal vertical cavity surface emitting laser. Results show that threshold current increases with PC holes diameter and decreases with pitch.
Keywords :
finite difference methods; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; surface emitting lasers; PC holes diameter; internal photonic crystal waveguide; photonic crystal parameters; photonic crystal vertical cavity surface emitting laser; threshold analysis; threshold current; two dimensional FD method; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Cavity resonators; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Threshold current; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics and Optoelectronics (SOPO), 2012 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0909-8
DOI :
10.1109/SOPO.2012.6271034
