简介:Asimplifiedmodalmethodtoexplaintheresonancephenomenoninguidedmoderesonance(GMR)gratingswithasymmetriccoatingsispresented.Theresonanceobservedisduetotheinteractionoftwopropagationmodesinsidethegrating.Thereflectivityspectraandelectricfielddistributionscalculatedfromthesimplifiedmodalmethodarecomparedusingrigorouscoupled-waveanalysis(RCWA).Theinfluencesofhigh-orderevanescentmodesontheresonancepeakareanalyzed.AmatrixFabry-Perot(FP)resonanceconditionisdevelopedtoevaluatetheresonancewavelength.AnexplanationfortheresonancephenomenonobservedbasedontheFPresonancephaseconditionisalsoproposedanddemonstrated.ThesimplifiedmethodprovidesclearphysicalinsightsintoGMRgratingsthatareusefulfortheanalysisofavarietyofotherresonancegratings.
简介:The810-nmInGaAlAs/AlGaAsdoublequantumwell(QW)semiconductorlaserswithasymmetricwaveg-uidestructures,grownbymolecularbeamepitaxy,showhighquantumefficiencyandhigh-powerconver-sionefficiencyatcontinuous-wave(CW)poweroutput.Thethresholdcurrentdensityandslopeefficiencyofthedeviceare180A/cm~2and1.3W/A,respectively.Theinternallossandtheinternalquantumefficiencyare1.7cm~(-1)and93%,respectively.The70%maximumpowerconversionefficiencyisachievedwithnarrowfar-fieldpatterns.
简介:Atheoreticalinvestigationiscarriedoutintothecrossphasemodulation(XPM)inanasymmetricdoubleAlGaAs/GaAsquantumwellsstructurewithacommoncontinuum.Itisfoundthat,combiningresonanttunneling-inducedtransparencyandconstructiveinterferenceinthethird-orderKerreffect,agiantXPMcanbeachievedwithvanishinglinearandnonlinearabsorptions,accompaniedbythevelocitiesoftheprobeandsignalfieldsbeingmatched.Furthermore,thisgiantXPMcouldinduceaπ-phaseshiftatasingle-photonlevelwhichisfavorablefortheapplicationsintwo-qubitquantumlogicgates.