• DocumentCode
    2175406
  • Title

    Interplay of external gradients and material defects in the dynamics of semiconductor cavity solitons

  • Author

    Tissoni, G. ; Caboche, E. ; Genevet, P. ; Pedaci, F. ; Barland, S. ; Giudici, M. ; Tredicce, J.R. ; Lugiato, L.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Fisica e Matematica, Univ. dell´´Insubria, Como
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    17-22 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Cavity solitons (CSs) are localized intensity peaks that can form in a homogeneous background of radiation. They are generated by shining laser pulses into optical cavities that contain a nonlinear medium driven by a coherent field (holding beam). The ability to switch CSs on and off and to control their location and motion makes them interesting as potential ´pixels´ for reconfigurable arrays or all-optical processing units.
  • Keywords
    optical solitons; surface emitting lasers; external gradients; material defects; semiconductor cavity solitons; shining laser pulses; Cascading style sheets; Laser beams; Motion control; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Optical switches; Semiconductor laser arrays; Semiconductor materials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0930-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0931-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386963
  • Filename
    4386963