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Effect of Kerr Nonlinearity on Defect Lasing Modes in Weakly Disordered Photonic Crystals
Applied Physics Letters
  • Boyang Liu
  • Alexey Yamilov, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Hui Cao
Abstract

We studied the effect of Kerr nonlinearity on lasing in defect modes of weakly disordered photonic crystals. Our time-independent calculation based on self-consistent nonlinear transfer matrix method shows that Kerr nonlinearity modifies both frequencies and quality factors of defect modes. We also used a time-dependent algorithm to investigate the dynamic nonlinear effect. Under continuous pumping, the spatial sizes and intensities of defect lasing modes are changed by Kerr nonlinearity. Such changes are sensitive to the nonlinear response time.

Department(s)
Physics
Keywords and Phrases
  • Algorithms,
  • Frequencies,
  • Nonlinear Optics,
  • Optical Kerr Effect,
  • Photonic Crystals,
  • Photons
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2003 American Institute of Physics (AIP), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
8-1-2003
Publication Date
01 Aug 2003
Disciplines
Citation Information
Boyang Liu, Alexey Yamilov and Hui Cao. "Effect of Kerr Nonlinearity on Defect Lasing Modes in Weakly Disordered Photonic Crystals" Applied Physics Letters Vol. 83 Iss. 6 (2003) p. 1092 - 1094 ISSN: 0003-6951
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alexey-yamilov/67/