Observations of cavity dipole solitons and vortex soliton clusters in VCSELs with a surface photonic crystal structure

Author

Lin, YuanYao ; Lin, Wun-Jhang ; Liao, Han-Zhong ; Pan, Jin-Shan ; Lee, Tsin-Dong ; Lee, Ray-Kuang

Author_Institution

Inst. of Photonics Technol., Nat. Tsing-Hua Univ., Hsinchu

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report experimental observation of nonlinear transverse optical pattern distributions in a photonic crystal surface-structured VCSEL by using near-field scanning optical microscope. Rotating cavity dipole solitons and vortex soliton clusters are demonstrated.

Keywords

near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical solitons; optical vortices; photonic crystals; surface emitting lasers; near-field scanning optical microscope; nonlinear transverse optical pattern distributions; photonic crystal surface-structured VCSEL; rotating cavity dipole solitons; surface photonic crystal structure; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; vortex soliton clusters; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical microscopy; Optical solitons; Optical vortices; Photonic crystals; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (140.7260) Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (190.6135) Spatial solitons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572917