• DocumentCode
    635759
  • Title

    Simulation of nonlinear gain saturation in active Photonic crystal waveguides

  • Author

    Yaohui Chen ; Mork, Jesper

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    11-14 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    In this paper we present a theoretical analysis of slow-light enhanced traveling wave amplification in an active semiconductor Photonic crystal waveguides. The impact of group index on nonlinear modal gain saturation is investigated.
  • Keywords
    optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; travelling wave amplifiers; active semiconductor photonic crystal waveguides; group index; nonlinear modal gain saturation; slow light; traveling wave amplification; Indexes; Mathematical model; Optical waveguide theory; Photonic crystals; Semiconductor waveguides; Gain saturation; Photonic crystal waveguides; Semiconductor Optical Amplifier; Slow light;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics in Switching (PS), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Ajaccio
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6608311