Modal Analysis of Photonic Crystal Double-Heterostructure Laser Cavities

Author

Mock, Adam ; Lu, Ling ; Hwang, Eui Hyun ; Brien, John O. ; Dapkus, P.Daniel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Volume

15

Issue

3

fYear

2009

Firstpage

892

Lastpage

900

Abstract

A detailed 3-D finite-difference time-domain analysis of photonic crystal double-heterostructure bound state resonances is presented along with supporting experimental results. The connection between different photonic crystal waveguide bands and the associated photonic crystal double-heterostructure bound states is made, and mode profiles are presented. We analyze the quality factors using the Pade interpolation method and directional radiation properties by calculating the time-averaged Poynting vector. We also present field profiles of higher order bound states and discuss cavity geometries to enhance a given bound state mode relative to neighboring modes. Experimental lasing results are presented demonstrating the utility of our approach.

Keywords

finite difference time-domain analysis; interpolation; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical materials; photonic crystals; vectors; 3D finite-difference time-domain analysis; Pade interpolation method; directional radiation property; double-heterostructure laser cavity; laser bound state mode; photonic crystal; time-averaged Poynting vector; waveguide band; Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) methods; integrated optics; photonic bandgap materials; quality factor; resonators; semiconductor laser;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2013478

Filename

4915764