THE PHOTONIC BAND-EDGE LASER - A NEW APPROACH TO GAIN ENHANCEMENT

Authors
DOWLING JP SCALORA M BLOEMER MJ BOWDEN CM
Citation
Jp. Dowling et al., THE PHOTONIC BAND-EDGE LASER - A NEW APPROACH TO GAIN ENHANCEMENT, Journal of applied physics, 75(4), 1994, pp. 1896-1899
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Journal of applied physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218979
Volume
75
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1896 - 1899
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8979(1994)75:4<1896:TPBL-A>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Near the band edge of a one-dimensional photonic band gap structure th e photon group velocity approaches zero. This effect implies an exceed ingly long optical path length in the structure. If an active medium i s present, the optical path length increase near the photonic band edg e can lead to a better than fourfold enhancement of gain. This new eff ect has important applications to vertical-cavity surface-emitting las ers.