FINITE-ELEMENT SOLUTION OF NONLINEAR TM WAVES IN MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL WAVE-GUIDES

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作者
ZHAO, AP [1 ]
CVETKOVIC, SR [1 ]
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[1] UNIV SURREY,DEPT ELECTR & ELECT ENGN,GUILDFORD GU2 5XH,SURREY,ENGLAND
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10.1109/68.166952
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Intensity-dependent characteristics for TM-polarized optical waves guided by multiple-quantum-well (MQW) waveguides with arbitrary nonlinear media are numerically analyzed by the finite element method. In this approach, self-consistent solutions are obtained through a simple iterative procedure. The power-dependent dispersion relations and magnetic-field (H(x)) as well as two electric-field (E(y) and E(z)) profiles for nonlinear TM waves in MQW waveguides with three different nonlinear mechanisms are presented. It is shown that, for the waveguides with molecular orientational mechanism, a distinct power limiting action for nonlinear TM modes exists.
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