DocumentCode
1680278
Title
All-optical control of transverse patterns in planar semiconductor microcavities
Author
Luk, M.H. ; Tse, Y.C. ; Kwong, N.H. ; Leung, P.T. ; Schumacher, S. ; Binder, R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We analyze the selection/switching of instability-induced optical patterns in semiconductor microcavities. Besides realistic calculations, we use a population model and Catastrophe theory to organize our understanding of the patterns´ dynamics.
Keywords
catastrophe theory; microcavities; optical control; optical switches; all-optical control; catastrophe theory; instability-induced optical patterns; planar semiconductor microcavities; population model; selection/switching; transverse patterns; Microcavities; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6326666
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