Cavity solitons in a driven VCSEL above threshold

X. Hachair, Francesco Pedaci, E. Caboche, S. Barland, M. Giudici, J. R. Tredicce, Franco Prati, G. Tissoni, Reza Kheradmand, L. A. Lugiato,

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics · 2006 · 106 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate the existence and the control of cavity solitons in externally driven vertical-cavity semiconductor lasers above threshold. A model including material polarization dynamics is used to predict and confirm the experimental findings.

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