• 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