How Lasing Localized Structures Evolve out of Passive Mode Locking

被引：114

作者：

Marconi, M. ^{[1
]}

Javaloyes, J. ^{[1
,2
]}

Balle, S. ^{[3
]}

Giudici, M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, Institut Nonlineaire Nice, CNRS UMR 7335, F-06560 Valbonne, France

[2] Univ Illes Balears, Dept Fis, Mallorca 07122, Spain

[3] UIB, CSIC, Inst Mediterrani Estudis Avancats, E-07071 Palma De Mallorca, Spain

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2014年 / 112卷 / 22期

关键词：

EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS; CAVITY SOLITONS; DISSIPATIVE SOLITONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PATTERNS; SYSTEM; SPOTS;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.223901

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We investigate the relationship between passive mode locking and the formation of time-localized structures in the output intensity of a laser. We show how the mode-locked pulses transform into lasing localized structures, allowing for individual addressing and arbitrary low repetition rates. Our analysis reveals that this occurs when (i) the cavity round-trip is much larger than the slowest medium time scale, namely the gain recovery time, and (ii) the mode-locked solution coexists with the zero intensity (off) solution. These conditions enable the coexistence of a large quantity of stable solutions, each of them being characterized by a different number of pulses per round-trip and with different arrangements. Then, each mode-locked pulse becomes localized, i. e., individually addressable.

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