Title :
Cavity soliton switching and pattern formation in an optically-pumped vertical-cavity semiconductor amplifier
Author :
Barbay, S. ; Ménesguen, Y. ; Sagnes, I. ; Kuszelewicz, R.
Author_Institution :
Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, CNRS, Annecy-le-Vieux
Abstract :
We show the formation of patterns and demonstrate the on and off switching of cavity solitons in a broad-area, specially designed and very uniform optically pumped vertical-cavity semiconductor amplifier
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical pumping; optical solitons; optical switches; pattern formation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; surface emitting lasers; cavity soliton switching; optical pumping; pattern formation; vertical-cavity semiconductor amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical solitons; Pattern formation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548061
