Title :
Spatial solitons in an optically pumped semiconductor microresonator
Author :
Larionova, Ye. ; Weiss, C.O.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
Abstract :
Spatial solitons and structures in quantum well semiconductor microcavities are investigated with optical pumping. Dramatic reduction of light intensities supporting dark and bright solitons are found. Change of the nonlinearity sign at transparency is apparent
Keywords :
cavity resonators; microcavities; optical bistability; optical pumping; optical solitons; semiconductor quantum wells; bright solitons; dark solitons; optical bistability; optically pumped semiconductor microresonator; quantum well semiconductor microcavities; spatial solitons; Heat pumps; Heating; Laser excitation; Microcavities; Optical bistability; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical solitons; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Laser and Fiber-Optical Networks Modeling, 2005. Proceedings of LFNM 2005. 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yalta, Crimea
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9147-0
DOI :
10.1109/LFNM.2005.1553201
