Lasing in Open Microcavities with Active Regions as a Linear Electromagnetic Eigenproblem

Author

Nosich, A.I. ; Smotrova, E.I. ; Sewell, P. ; Benson, T.M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radio-Phys. & Electron. NASU, Kharkiv

Volume

3

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

62

Lastpage

64

Abstract

A review of the recently proposed approach to the analysis of lasing as a linear eigenproblem for the Maxwell equations with exact boundary and radiation conditions is presented. It is based on the assumption that the cavity contains an active region characterised by the "active" imaginary part of refractive index. This enables one to quantify the thresholds of lasing, for each of the cavity modes, and to use the tailoring of the shape of the active region as an instrument for lowering the thresholds.

Keywords

Maxwell equations; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; microcavity lasers; refractive index; Maxwell equations; active regions; lasing thresholds; linear electromagnetic eigenproblem; open microcavities; radiation conditions; refractive index; Dielectrics; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Finite difference methods; Frequency estimation; Laser modes; Microcavities; Q factor; Refractive index; Shape; Time domain analysis; active region; laser; linear model; microcavity; photonic molecule; threshold;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296246

Filename

4296246