Abstract
The properties of cavity solitons in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with frequency-selective feedback
from a diffraction grating are characterized and analyzed. The solitons have a typical width of 10 m and a
linewidth of down to 10 MHz, i.e., they represent small microlasers. Their equilibrium spatial location arises
from an interplay of spatial inhomogeneities in the device and a grating-induced force which depends on
detuning. Transients involve the passage through a self-pulsing state. Due to the grating-induced advection,
drifting excitations are found, which might have applications in all-optical delay lines though their solitonic nature remains to be established.
(Taken from : http://pra.aps.org/pdf/PRA/v78/i2/e023810)
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 023810-1 |
Number of pages | 23809 |
Journal | Physical Review A |
Volume | 78 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2008 |
Keywords
- SEMICONDUCTOR RESONATOR SOLITONS
- LOCALIZED STRUCTURES
- OPTICAL FEEDBACK
- SATURABLE ABSORBER
- SPATIAL SOLITONS
- VCSEL
- MICROCAVITIES
- INCOHERENT
- DYNAMICS