Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.488, 135-147, 2008
First approach to the analysis of the lasing conditions in POLIPHEM (c) structures
We report a study devoted to the creation of a distributed feedback device on a basis of waveguide with periodical composition polymer - liquid crystal. Due to the refractive indices difference between the components the Bragg diffraction grating is formed, which provides coupling of the forward and backward propagating waves. The influence of the gain and conditions of laser oscillation threshold are analyzed for gain-type reflection grating. The conclusion is done on the advantage of second-order Bragg diffraction exploitation. Numerical simulations demonstrated the stability of the waveguide mode.