Dynamics and interaction of laser cavity solitons in broad-area semiconductor lasers

Ackemann, T. and Jimenez, J. and Noblet, Y. and Radwell, N. and Ren, G. and Paulau, P.V. and McIntyre, C. and Oppo, G.-L. and Toomey, J. P. and Kane, D. M.; Grelu, P., ed. (2016) Dynamics and interaction of laser cavity solitons in broad-area semiconductor lasers. In: Nonlinear Optical Cavity Dynamics. Wiley InterScience, pp. 41-76. ISBN 9783527413324 (https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527686476.ch3)

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Abstract

This chapter reviews fundamentals and dynamical properties of spatial laser cavity solitons realized in broad-area vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) with frequency-selective feedback from a volume Bragg grating. The solitons are stabilized by a nonlinear frequency shift induced by the strong amplitude phase coupling in semiconductor lasers. The simplest theoretical description is by a cubic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation coupled to a linear filter. The optical phase is an additional Goldstone mode for a laser soliton. Different solitons are usually mutually incoherent due to disorder resulting from cavity length fluctuations. However, we demonstrate frequency- and phase-locking overcoming the disorder and find agreement with the archetypical Adler scenario for the phase dynamics. Fast pulsing at the round-trip frequency is found after soliton switch-on demonstrating transient mode-locking of external cavity modes. An outlook is given on the asymptotic dynamics and prospects for the spatiotemporal self-localization of light.

ORCID iDs

Ackemann, T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2727-7395, Jimenez, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3632-4990, Noblet, Y., Radwell, N., Ren, G., Paulau, P.V., McIntyre, C., Oppo, G.-L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-4309, Toomey, J. P. and Kane, D. M.; Grelu, P.
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:53319
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 February 2016
    Published
    21 March 2015
    Accepted
    Keywords:laser solitons, laser cavity solitons, nonlinear processes, Ginzburg-Landau equation, Physics, Physics and Astronomy(all)
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:09 Jun 2015 08:57
    Last modified:20 Jan 2021 15:43
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/53319
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