Parametric oscillations in photonic crystal slabs 3-D time-domain analysis

• Published in: IEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 1495 - 1497
• Main Authors: Conti, C., Di Falco, A., Assanto, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01-06-2004; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Crystalline materials; Dispersions; Four-wave mixing; Maxwell equation; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical mixing; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Oscillations; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Slabs; Time domain analysis
• ISSN: 1041-1135; 1941-0174
• DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.826771

Slab waveguides with a two-dimensional periodic distribution of the refractive index are proposed and investigated as optical microcavities for efficient parametric oscillations through four-wave mixing in isotropic materials. We carry out a case study based on the complete solution of three-dimensional Maxwell equations, including material dispersion and cubic nonlinear response.