Cavity Soliton Laser based on mutually coupled semiconductor microresonators

Patrice Genevet (1) , Stéphane Barland (1) , Massimo Giudici (1) , Jorge R. Tredicce (1, 2)

1 INLN - Institut Non Linéaire de Nice Sophia-Antipolis
2 IMEDEA - Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avancats

We report on experimental observation of localized structures in two mutually coupled broad-area semiconductor resonators. These structures coexist with a dark homogeneous background and they have the same properties as cavity solitons without requiring the presence of a driving beam into the system. They can be switched individually on and off by means of a local addressing beam.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Patrice Genevet, Stéphane Barland, Massimo Giudici, Jorge R. Tredicce. Cavity Soliton Laser based on mutually coupled semiconductor microresonators. Physical Review Letters, 2008, 101 (123905), pp.123905. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.123905⟩. ⟨hal-00290121⟩