• DocumentCode
    3187812
  • Title

    Stable resonator solitons in optically pumped semiconductor microresonators

  • Author

    Taranenko, V.B. ; Weiss, C.O.

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-27 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    208
  • Abstract
    This study shows experimentally and numerically that optical pumping of the semiconductor microresonator up to its lasing threshold increases the soliton stability range and reduces the light intensity necessary to sustain the solitons thereby diminishing destabilizing thermal effect. This paper also discusses the stability of the resonator solitons depending on the nonlinear material response (absorptive/dispersive) when changing the driving field wavelength and intensity, the resonator detuning, and finally the carrier population inversion when using optical pumping.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; microcavities; optical pumping; optical solitons; population inversion; semiconductor lasers; carrier population inversion; destabilizing thermal effect; lasing threshold; nonlinear material response; optical pumping; resonator detuning; resonator solitons; semiconductor microresonators; soliton stability; stable resonator; Laser beams; Microcavities; Optical beams; Optical bistability; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical solitons; Resonance; Stability; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7733-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314065
  • Filename
    1314065