Title :
Monolithic cavity soliton laser
Author :
Barbay, S. ; Elsass, T. ; Meunier, K. ; Beaudoin, G. ; Sagnes, I. ; Kuszelewicz, R.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Photonique et de Nanostruct., CNRS, Marcoussis
Abstract :
We propose an original design of a monolithic and integrated vertical cavity laser with saturable absorber and discuss experimental results showing the formation and fast writing/erasure of bistable laser spots.
Keywords :
microcavity lasers; optical bistability; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; surface emitting lasers; bistable laser spots; fast writing/erasure; integrated vertical cavity laser; laser design; monolithic cavity soliton laser; optical pumping; saturable absorber; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser tuning; Optical design; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Solitons; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771715
