Slow-light dissipative solitons

Author

Oppo, Gian-Luca

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We employ an alternative control of diffraction based on the generation of slow-light dissipative solitons for a three-level medium in a cavity pumped by two quasi-resonant fields. Complex self-organised structures and spatial localization of light due to the interaction of diffraction and nonlinearity in optical cavities have important applications in optics and photonics, ranging from digital optical memories to delay lines. Note that conservative Raman solitons with slow-light have been observed in free propagation in a planar CS₂ waveguide by using the localization of a pump field.

Keywords

light diffraction; optical planar waveguides; optical solitons; slow light; Raman solitons; alternative control; complex self-organised structures; diffraction; optical cavities; planar waveguide; quasiresonant fields; slow-light dissipative solitons; spatial localization; three-level medium; Atom optics; Cavity resonators; Diffraction; Optical diffraction; Optical pumping; Optical solitons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943511

Filename

5943511