Optical self-organization and cavity solitons in optically pumped semiconductor microresonators

Journal Article · Tue Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.74.023818· OSTI ID:20853139

Menesguen, Y; Barbay, S; Hachair, X; Leroy, L; Sagnes, I; Kuszelewicz, R ^[1]

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1. Laboratoire de Photonique et Nanostructures, route de Nozay 91460 Marcoussis (France)

We study the self-organizing properties of an optically driven semiconductor microresonator especially designed and optimized for optical pumping wherein patterns and cavity solitons are observed for the first time with all-optical excitations. We demonstrate both coherent and incoherent writing and erasure of cavity solitons achievable on the same sample, enriching the spectrum of the system functionalities. Finally, we show how the system lends itself to the multiplication of the number of cavity solitons and how they possibly coexist.

• OSTI ID: 20853139
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 74, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.023818; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
CAVITY RESONATORS
EXCITATION
OPTICAL PUMPING
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
SOLITONS