Cavity solitons in a driven VCSEL above threshold

Author

Hachair, Xavier ; Pedaci, Francesco ; Caboche, Emilie ; Barland, Stphane ; Giudici, Massimo ; Tredicce, J.R. ; Prati, Franco ; Tissoni, Giovanna ; Kheradmand, Reza ; Lugiato, Luigi A. ; Protsenko, Igor ; Brambilla, Massimo

Author_Institution

UMR Centre Nat. de la Recherche Scientifique, Univ. de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Valbonne, France

Volume

12

Issue

3

fYear

2006

Firstpage

339

Lastpage

351

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate the existence and the control of cavity solitons in externally driven vertical-cavity semiconductor lasers above threshold. A model including material polarization dynamics is used to predict and confirm the experimental findings.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; light polarisation; optical solitons; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; cavity solitons; driven VCSEL; material polarization dynamics; semiconductor laser model; vertical-cavity semiconductor lasers; Cascading style sheets; Encoding; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical resonators; Optical solitons; Semiconductor laser arrays; Semiconductor lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Cavity solitons (CSs); pattern formation; vertical-cavity semiconductor laser (VCSEL);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2006.872711

Filename

1638430