Title :
Cavity solitons in semiconductor microresonators: modeling aspects and role of thermal carrier-lattice dynamics
Author :
Maggipinto, T. ; Perrini, I.M. ; Brambilla, M. ; Tissoni, G. ; Spinelli, L.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Bari Univ., Italy
Abstract :
We study optical pattern formation and cavity solitons in semiconductor microcavities. We adopt a microscopic model that describes the field, the carrier and the temperature dynamics in the quasi-equilibrium regime, within the free-carrier approximation. A detailed study of the instabilities affecting the homogeneous stationary state of the output field is performed. In this way we can address the numerical research of pattern and cavity solitons
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; III-V semiconductors; carrier mobility; cavity resonators; gallium arsenide; lattice dynamics; micro-optics; micromechanical resonators; optical solitons; optical waveguide components; semiconductor device models; GaAs; cavity solitons; free-carrier approximation; homogeneous stationary state; instabilities; microscopic model; optical pattern formation; output field; quasi-equilibrium regime; semiconductor microresonators; temperature dynamics; thermal carrier-lattice dynamics; Charge carrier density; Gallium arsenide; Laser feedback; Microcavities; Microscopy; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2001. Proceedings of 2001 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cracow
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7096-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2001.934731
