Design and optimisation of planar waveguide network components based on optical microcavities

Author

Boriskina, Svetlana V. ; Styan, Carl ; Benson, Trevor M. ; Sewell, Phillip ; Nosich, Alexander I.

Author_Institution

Electromagn. Res. Group, Nottingham Univ., UK

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

27-28 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

836

Abstract

A boundary integral equation method is combined with a genetic algorithm to simulate and optimise dielectric and semiconductor microcavities. Waveguide filters and microlaser resonators are tuned by modifying the microcavity shape, coupling mechanism, gain/loss.

Keywords

boundary integral equations; genetic algorithms; laser tuning; microcavities; microcavity lasers; optical design techniques; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide filters; boundary integral equation method; dielectric microcavity; genetic algorithm; microcavity shape modification; microlaser resonators; optical coupling; optical gain; optical loss; optical microcavity; optical tuning; optimisation; planar waveguide network components design; semiconductor microcavity; waveguide filters; Design optimization; Microcavities; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical planar waveguides; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7888-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253060

Filename

1253060