Title :
Modeling of gain saturation effects in active semiconductor photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Chen, Yaohui ; Mørk, Jesper
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a theoretical analysis of slow-light enhanced light amplification in an active semiconductor photonic crystal line defect waveguide. The impact of enhanced light-matter interactions on carrier-depletion-induced modal gain saturation is investigated.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; active semiconductor photonic crystal line defect waveguide; active semiconductor photonic crystal waveguides; carrier-depletion-induced modal gain saturation; enhanced light-matter interactions; gain saturation effects; slow-light enhanced light amplification; Charge carrier density; Equations; Materials; Mathematical model; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides; Stimulated emission; Coupled-wave analysis; Photonic crystal waveguide; Semiconductor optical amplifier; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253791
