Title :
Time-localized Structures in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)
Author :
Marconi, Mathias ; Giudici, Massimo ; Javaloyes, Julien ; Balle, Salvador
Author_Institution :
Inst. Non Lineaire de Nice, Univ. de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France
Abstract :
In this presentation we will review the results recently obtained on Time-Localized Structures (TLS) in VCSELs coupled to an external cavity. We show that, when the cavity roundtrip is much larger than the medium timescales, this system exhibits a temporal aspect-ratio large enough to host TLS. Two configurations will be considered. In the first one the system is submitted to cross-polarization reinjection which leads to the formation of vectorial TLS. In the second one the external cavity is closed by a Resonant Saturable Absorber Mirror, a scheme conventionally used to obtain mode-locked pulses. Here we will show how TLS can be obtained from mode-locking.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; cavity roundtrip; cross-polarization reinjection; external cavity; mode-locked pulses; mode-locking; resonant saturable absorber mirror; temporal aspect-ratio; time-localized structures; vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers; Cavity resonators; Laser mode locking; Optical resonators; Solitons; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2014 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Palma de Mallorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3681-6
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2014.6935398