Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems, 2007, Vol.10, No.1, pp.1-15

NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
An Interdisciplinary Journal

2007, Vol.10, No.1, pp.1-15

Numerical Simulations of Two-dimensional Microcavity Lasers: Nonlinear Dynamics of Whispering Gallery Modes.
Satoshi Sunada, Takahisa Harayama, and Kensuke S. Ikeda

We present technique to carry out numerical simulations of the Schrödinger-Bloch equations, which describe the lasing dynamics in 2D microcavities. We apply the dynamical treatment to microdisk lasers, and show that the technique make it possible to investigate single-mode lasing and multi-mode lasing, including supercritical modes, which can not be confined due to total internal reflection.
Key words: microcavity, microdisk lasers, nonlinear dynamics

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