Observation of mode-locked spatial laser solitons

F. Gustave; N. Radwell; C. McIntyre; J. P. Toomey; D. M. Kane; S. Barland; W. J. Firth; G.-L. Oppo; T. Ackemann

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.044102

Observation of mode-locked spatial laser solitons

F. Gustave, N. Radwell, C. McIntyre, J. P. Toomey, D. M. Kane, S. Barland, W. J. Firth, G.-L. Oppo, T. Ackemann

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Abstract

A stable nonlinear wave packet, self-localized in all three dimensions, is an intriguing and much sought after object in nonlinear science in general and in nonlinear photonics in particular. We report on the experimental observation of mode-locked spatial laser solitons in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with frequency-selective feedback from an external cavity. These spontaneously emerging and long-term stable spatio-temporal structures have a pulse length shorter than the cavity round trip time and may pave the way to completely independent cavity light bullets.

Original language	English
Article number	044102
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.044102
Publication status	Published - 27 Jan 2017

Keywords

nonlinear wave packets
nonlinear photonics
mode-locked spatial laser solitons
pulse length
cavity round trip time
cavity light bullets
spatio-temporal localization of light

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