Abstract
A time-domain simulator of integrated optical structures containing second-order nonlinearities is presented. The simulation algorithm is based on nonlinear wave equations representing the propagating fields and is solved using the finite-difference time-domain method. The simulation results for a continuous-wave operation are compared with beam propagation method simulations showing excellent agreement for the particular examples considered. Because the proposed algorithm does not suffer from the inaccuracies associated with the paraxial approximation, it should find application in a wide range of device structures and in the analysis of short-pulse propagation in second-order nonlinear devices.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 395-397 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2000 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Manuscript received September 9, 1999; revised November 30, 1999. This work was supported by the British Council. M. A. Alsunaidi and H. M. Masoudi are with the Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261 Saudi Arabia (e-mail: [email protected]). J. M. Arnold is with the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K. Publisher Item Identifier S 1041-1135(00)02817-2.
Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the support provided by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and the University of Glasgow.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering