Title :
Spatial soliton arrays in a ring shaped complex nonlinear medium
Author :
Arbel, D. ; Scheuer, J. ; Orenstein, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We show that as a result of spatial solitons in a ring VCSEL has two thresholds - the first is the lasing threshold and the second is the solitonic threshold, where the VCSEL switches to be a soliton laser. We modeled the evolution of spatial solitons in the semiconductor laser medium using the 1D wave equation which is applicable for large enough ring shaped lasers
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser theory; optical solitons; ring lasers; semiconductor device models; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; 1D wave equation; VCSEL switch; lasing threshold; ring VCSEL; ring shaped complex nonlinear medium; ring shaped lasers; semiconductor laser medium; soliton laser; solitonic threshold; spatial soliton arrays; spatial solitons; Frequency; Laser modes; Nonlinear equations; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Semiconductor lasers; Solitons; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics '98: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4950-4
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1998.710301
