Incoherent switching of Cavity Solitons in a vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifier : experimental observations and physical mechanisms

Author

Barbay, S. ; Ménesguen, Y. ; Hachair, X. ; Elsass, T. ; Sagnes, I. ; Kuszelewicz, R.

Author_Institution

LPN-CNRS UPR20, Marcoussis

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Cavity solitons (CSs) are self-localized spots formed in the transverse plane of a nonlinear cavity. They have been observed in various macroscopic systems, and predicted and observed in microscopic, semiconductor-based systems too. They are formed in a spatially extended, bistable, and modulationally unstable system driven by a coherent field (holding beam) and appear generally as bright spots sitting on a dark background.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; optical bistability; optical solitons; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; bistable system; coherent field; incoherent cavity soliton switching; macroscopic systems; microscopic systems; modulationally unstable system; nonlinear cavity; physical mechanisms; self-localized spots; semiconductor-based systems; vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifier; Cascading style sheets; Delay; Hysteresis; Information processing; Optical noise; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor nanostructures; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Solitons; Writing;

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

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386977

Filename

4386977