Three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulation of facet reflection through parallel computing

Author

Labukhin, D. ; Xun Li

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada

fYear

2004

fDate

24-27 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

269

Lastpage

270

Abstract

Precise evaluation of the facet reflection is highly desirable in design and simulation of optoelectronic devices such as super-luminescent light emitting diodes (SLEDs) and semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) where ultra low facet reflection must be achieved. In this paper, the three-dimensional (3D) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method has been implemented on a parallel computing algorithm for the calculation of facet reflection in optical waveguides. The result has shown that even a subtle difference in the waveguide ridge shape and facet tilting scheme has significant impact on modal reflectivity.

Keywords

finite difference time-domain analysis; light reflection; optical waveguides; reflectivity; semiconductor optical amplifiers; superluminescent diodes; 3D finite-difference time-domain simulation; facet reflection; facet tilting scheme; modal reflectivity; optical waveguides; optoelectronic devices; parallel computing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; super-luminescent light emitting diodes; waveguide ridge shape; FDTD methods; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Superluminescent diodes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Electronics, 2004. IWCE-10 2004. Abstracts. 10th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

West Lafayette, IN, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8649-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWCE.2004.1407434

Filename

1407434