We analyze experimentally and theoretically the spatiotemporal dynamics of a highly multimode semiconductor laser with coherent optical injection. Due to the particular geometry of the device (a 1-m-long ring cavity), the multimode dynamics can be resolved in real time and we observe stable chiral solitons and domain dynamics. The experiment is analyzed in the framework of a set of effective semiconductor Maxwell-Bloch equations. We analyze the stability of stationary solutions and simulate both the complete model and a reduced rate equation model. This allows us to predict domain shrinking and the stability of only one chiral charge that we ascribe to the finite active medium response time.
Phase solitons and domain dynamics in an optically injected semiconductor laser / Gustave, F; Columbo, Lorenzo; Tissoni, G.; Brambilla, Massimo; Prati, F.; Barland, S.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A. - ISSN 2469-9926. - 93:6(2016). [10.1103/PhysRevA.93.063824]
Phase solitons and domain dynamics in an optically injected semiconductor laser
COLUMBO, Lorenzo;BRAMBILLA, Massimo;
2016-01-01
Abstract
We analyze experimentally and theoretically the spatiotemporal dynamics of a highly multimode semiconductor laser with coherent optical injection. Due to the particular geometry of the device (a 1-m-long ring cavity), the multimode dynamics can be resolved in real time and we observe stable chiral solitons and domain dynamics. The experiment is analyzed in the framework of a set of effective semiconductor Maxwell-Bloch equations. We analyze the stability of stationary solutions and simulate both the complete model and a reduced rate equation model. This allows us to predict domain shrinking and the stability of only one chiral charge that we ascribe to the finite active medium response time.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
