Antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide-type vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers: Comparison of full-vector finite-difference time-domain and 3-D bidirectional beam propagation methods

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1834-1842

  Elkin, Nikolay N ^a   Napartovich, Anatoly P ^a   Troshchieva, Vera N ^a   Vysotsky, Dmitry V ^a   Lee, Tae Woo ^b   Hagness, Susan C ^b   Kim, Nam Heon ^b   Bao, Ling ^b   Mawst, L J ^b  

^a TROITSK INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION AND FUSION RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam propagation method; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LASERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

ANTIRESONANT REFLECTING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE; BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; COLD-CAVITY MODAL; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER (VCSEL);

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33645820244     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.871122     Document Type: Article

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