Title :
Fundamental limitations to gain enhancement in slow-light photonic structures
Author :
Jure Grgić;Johan Raunkjær Ott;Fengwen Wang;Ole Sigmund;Antti-Pekka Jauho;Jesper M⊘rk;N. Asger Mortensen
Author_Institution :
DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
fDate :
5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present a non-perturbative analysis of light-matter interaction in active photonic crystal waveguides in the slow-light regime. Inclusion of gain is shown to modify the underlying dispersion law, thereby degrading the slow-light enhancement.
Keywords :
"Photonics","Indexes","Materials","Dispersion","Slow light","Photonic crystals","Optical waveguides"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
DOI :
10.1364/QELS.2012.QF2H.3
