A finite-difference time-domain method for the simulation of gain materials with carrier diffusion in photonic crystals

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2306-2314

  Pernice, Wolfram H P ^a   Payne, Frank P ^a   Gallagher, Dominic F G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Photon Design   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Nonlinear gain; Photonic crystal (PC) laser

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL GAIN; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

CARRIER DIFFUSION; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT CONDUCTIVITY; MULTIPOLE LORENTZIAN MODEL; SEMIDETERMINISTIC FITTING ALGORITHM;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 34548638237     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.901446     Document Type: Article

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