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Cavity solitons as pixels in semiconductor microcavities

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  • Stephane Barland

    (Institut Non Lineaire de Nice)

  • Jorge R. Tredicce

    (Institut Non Lineaire de Nice)

  • Massimo Brambilla

    (Poltecnico e Università di Bari)

  • Luigi A. Lugiato

    (Università dell'Insubria)

  • Salvador Balle

    (IMEDEA)

  • Massimo Giudici

    (Institut Non Lineaire de Nice)

  • Tommaso Maggipinto

    (Poltecnico e Università di Bari)

  • Lorenzo Spinelli

    (Università dell'Insubria)

  • Giovanna Tissoni

    (Università dell'Insubria)

  • Thomas Knödl

    (University of Ulm)

  • Michael Miller

    (University of Ulm)

  • Roland Jäger

    (University of Ulm)

Abstract

Cavity solitons are localized intensity peaks that can form in a homogeneous background of radiation. They are generated by shining laser pulses into optical cavities that contain a nonlinear medium driven by a coherent field (holding beam). The ability to switch cavity solitons on and off1,2 and to control their location and motion3 by applying laser pulses makes them interesting as potential ‘pixels’ for reconfigurable arrays or all-optical processing units. Theoretical work on cavity solitons2,3,4,5,6,7 has stimulated a variety of experiments in macroscopic cavities8,9,10 and in systems with optical feedback11,12,13. But for practical devices, it is desirable to generate cavity solitons in semiconductor structures, which would allow fast response and miniaturization. The existence of cavity solitons in semiconductor microcavities has been predicted theoretically14,15,16,17, and precursors of cavity solitons have been observed, but clear experimental realization has been hindered by boundary-dependence of the resulting optical patterns18,19—cavity solitons should be self-confined. Here we demonstrate the generation of cavity solitons in vertical cavity semiconductor microresonators that are electrically pumped above transparency but slightly below lasing threshold20. We show that the generated optical spots can be written, erased and manipulated as objects independent of each other and of the boundary. Numerical simulations allow for a clearer interpretation of experimental results.

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  • Stephane Barland & Jorge R. Tredicce & Massimo Brambilla & Luigi A. Lugiato & Salvador Balle & Massimo Giudici & Tommaso Maggipinto & Lorenzo Spinelli & Giovanna Tissoni & Thomas Knödl & Michael Mille, 2002. "Cavity solitons as pixels in semiconductor microcavities," Nature, Nature, vol. 419(6908), pages 699-702, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:419:y:2002:i:6908:d:10.1038_nature01049
    DOI: 10.1038/nature01049
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    1. Kheradmand, Reza & Aghdami, Keivan M. & Talouneh, Kamel, 2016. "The switching of dark and bright soliton in 1D discrete cavity laser," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 511-515.
    2. Tlidi, M. & Gopalakrishnan, S.S. & Taki, M. & Panajotov, K., 2021. "Optical crystals and light-bullets in Kerr resonators," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 152(C).
    3. Kheradmand, R. & Lugiato, L.A. & Tissoni, G. & Brambilla, M. & Tajalli, H., 2005. "Cavity soliton mobility in semiconductor microresonators," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), Elsevier, vol. 69(3), pages 346-355.
    4. Nagi, Jaspreet Kaur & Jana, Soumendu, 2022. "Broadband cavity soliton with graphene saturable absorber," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
    5. Aziz, Farah & Asif, Ali & Bint-e-Munir, Fatima, 2020. "Analytical modeling of electrical solitons in a nonlinear transmission line using Schamel–Korteweg deVries equation," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).
    6. Stéphane Coen & Bruno Garbin & Gang Xu & Liam Quinn & Nathan Goldman & Gian-Luca Oppo & Miro Erkintalo & Stuart G. Murdoch & Julien Fatome, 2024. "Nonlinear topological symmetry protection in a dissipative system," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    7. Aksoy, Abdullah & Yigit, Enes, 2023. "Automatic soliton wave recognition using deep learning algorithms," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
    8. Su-Peng Yu & Erwan Lucas & Jizhao Zang & Scott B. Papp, 2022. "A continuum of bright and dark-pulse states in a photonic-crystal resonator," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.

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