Optical parametric oscillation in microcavities based on isotropic semiconductors: A theoretical study

Riad Haïdar; Nicolas Forget; Emmanuel Rosencher

doi:10.1109/JQE.2003.809331

Optical parametric oscillation in microcavities based on isotropic semiconductors: A theoretical study

Riad Haïdar, Nicolas Forget, Emmanuel Rosencher

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Abstract

We present what we believe to be the first theoretical study of optical parametric oscillations in isotropic semiconductor microcavities. We have made use of the well-known possibilities of Bragg mirrors with very high reflectivities. The parametric oscillation conditions are derived in a very general and comprehensive way. Design rules are thus defined for optimum nonlinear microcavities. This theory is applied to GaAs materials (a semiconductor of the optoelectronic main stream) in which it is shown that threshold conditions far below optical damage may be obtained for reasonable values of the mirror reflectivities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	569-576
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume	39
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2003.809331
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Integrated optics
Nonlinear optics
Semiconductor materials

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