DocumentCode
2633562
Title
Cavity soliton switching and pattern formation in an optically-pumped vertical-cavity semiconductor amplifier
Author
Barbay, S. ; Ménesguen, Y. ; Sagnes, I. ; Kuszelewicz, R.
Author_Institution
Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, CNRS, Annecy-le-Vieux
fYear
2005
fDate
22-22 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
444
Lastpage
445
Abstract
We show the formation of patterns and demonstrate the on and off switching of cavity solitons in a broad-area, specially designed and very uniform optically pumped vertical-cavity semiconductor amplifier
Keywords
laser cavity resonators; optical pumping; optical solitons; optical switches; pattern formation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; surface emitting lasers; cavity soliton switching; optical pumping; pattern formation; vertical-cavity semiconductor amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical solitons; Pattern formation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9217-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548061
Filename
1548061
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