Computational and Theoretical Modeling of Acoustoelectrically Enhanced Brillouin Optomechanical Interactions in Piezoelectric Semiconductors

Abstract

We computationally explore the optical and elastic modes necessary for acoustoelectrically enhanced Brillouin interactions. The large simulated piezoelectric (k2 ≈ 6%) and optome-chanical (|g0| ≈ 8000 (rad/s)√m) coupling theoretically predicts a performance enhancement of several orders of magnitude in Brillouin-based photonic technologies.