title: Transverse Bragg resonance laser amplifier.
abstract: We propose and analyze a new type of optical amplifier that is formed by addition of gain in the periodic cladding of a transverse Bragg resonance waveguide [Opt. Lett. 27, 936 (2002)]. Using the coupled-wave formalism, we calculate the mode profiles, the exponential gain constant, and, for comparison, the gain enhancement compared with those of conventional semiconductor optical amplifiers. In contrast with coupled-mode theory, in one-dimensional structures (e.g., the distributed-feedback laser) the exponential gain constant in the longitudinal direction is involved in both longitudinal and transverse confinement, and its solution has to be achieved self-consistently, together with the quantized guiding channel width.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, 128-95, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. ayariv@caltech.edu
authors.forename: Amnon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yariv
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Shayan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mookherjea