• DocumentCode
    3188051
  • Title

    Wave direction and gain/attenuation selection rules in 1D and 2D photonic crystals with active layers

  • Author

    Kozina, Olga N. ; Melnikov, Leonid A.

  • Author_Institution
    Saratov State Univ., Russia
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-27 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    222
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a detailed analysis of the dispersion characteristics of air-dielectric 1D and 2D photonic crystal (PC) with gain or losses in PC dielectrics using the transfer matrices for 1D and truncated plane wave decomposition for square-cell 2D PC. Using the theory of instabilities the gain/attenuation regimes and wave propagation directions are distinguished for these PC with gain medium.
  • Keywords
    optical dispersion; optical losses; permittivity; photonic crystals; transfer function matrices; 1D photonic crystals; 2D photonic crystals; active layers; air-dielectric photonic crystal; gain medium; gain/attenuation regimes; gain/attenuation selection rules; square-cell 2D PC; transfer matrices; truncated plane wave decomposition; wave propagation directions; Attenuation; Dielectric losses; Equations; Frequency; Laser theory; Optical propagation; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Propagation constant; Propagation losses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7733-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314079
  • Filename
    1314079