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Published on: November 30, 2012
Parity time-symmetric vertical cavities: intrinsically single-mode regime in longitudinal direction
Abstract:
We explore a new class of distributed feedback (DFB) structures that employ the recently-developed concept of parity-time (PT) symmetry in optics. We show that, based on PT-symmetric pure reflective volume gratings, a vertical surface-emitting cavity can be constructed. We provide a detailed analysis of the threshold conditions as well as the wavelength and angular spectral characteristics using the Kogelnik coupled-wave approximation, backed up by an exact solution of the Helmholtz equation. We show that such a PT-symmetric cavity can be configured to support one and only one longitudinal mode, leading to inherently single-mode lasing.
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