Spatial solitons in semiconductor microresonators

Author

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

Author_Institution

Phys. Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany

Volume

8

Issue

3

fYear

2002

Firstpage

488

Lastpage

496

Abstract

We describe experiments showing the existence of spatial solitons in semiconductor microresonators. We describe the manipulation of such solitons in view of technical applications: switching solitons on and off by coherent, as well as incoherent light, reducing the light power necessary to sustain and switch a soliton by optical pumping, and the limit in which independent solitons become so strongly bound that they form a coherent hexagonal pattern, marking the maximum information storage density

Keywords

micro-optics; optical pumping; optical resonators; optical solitons; optical storage; optical switches; semiconductor quantum wells; coherent hexagonal pattern; coherent light; incoherent light; independent solitons; light power; maximum information storage density; optical pumping; semiconductor microresonators; soliton manipulation; soliton switching; spatial solitons; technical applications; Microcavities; Mirrors; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical solitons; Power semiconductor switches; Quantum well devices; Stability; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2002.1016352

Filename

1016352