Diffusion stabilizes cavity solitons in bidirectional lasers

被引:6
作者
Perez-Arjona, Isabel [1 ]
Sanchez-Morcillo, Victor [1 ]
Redondo, Javier [1 ]
Staliunas, Kestutis [2 ]
Roldan, Eugenio [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Politecn Valencia, Escola Politecn Super Gandia, Dept Fis Aplicada, Gandia 46730, Spain
[2] Univ Politecn Cataluna, ICREA, Dept Fis & Engn Nucl, Terrassa 08080, Spain
[3] Univ Valencia, Dept Opt, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain
关键词
PATTERN-FORMATION; RESONATORS; THRESHOLD; EQUATION;
D O I
10.1364/OE.17.004897
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We study the influence of field diffusion on the spatial localized structures (cavity solitons) in bidirectional lasers. We find threefold positive role of the diffusion: 1) it allows for the existence of solitons in cavities with equal losses for the two fields; 2) it increases the stability range of the individual (isolated) solitons; and 3) it reduces the long-range interaction between cavity solitons, allowing for the independent manipulation (writing and erasing) of individual structures. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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页码:4897 / 4902
页数:6
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