Title :
Cavity solitons in two-level lasers with local field corrections
Author :
Ahufinger, V. ; Mompart, J. ; Corbalán, R. ; García-Ojalvo, J. ; Torrent, M.C. ; Vilaseca, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Fisica, Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Abstract :
This paper present a systematic analysis of the characteristics of cavity solitons, studying in particular the influence of the Fourier filter and the initial seed on the soliton shape. A wide seeding beam, for instance, gives rise to localized doughnut beams, which are not higher order transverse modes of the optical cavity, since they can still be individually addressed.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical filters; optical solitons; Fourier filter; cavity solitons; local field corrections; localized doughnut beams; optical cavity; seeding beam; soliton shape; transverse modes; two-level lasers; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Nuclear power generation; Optical bistability; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical solitons; Parallel processing; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1313994
