We report the experimental observation of optical bistability and coherent transverse pattern formation in optically injected, photonic-crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, electrically biased below threshold. For injected frequency blueshifted with respect to the cavity resonance, the system exhibits optical bistability and the injected uniform plane-wave breaks up, giving rise to honeycomb- and rolls-like transverse patterns. By comparison with numerical simulations we associate the observed phenomena with the onset of a modulational instability, and discuss the application of this device as an optical memory based on the cavity soliton concept.

Optical bistability and stationary patterns in photonic-crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers / Dabbicco, M.; Maggipinto, T.; Brambilla, M.. - In: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. - ISSN 0003-6951. - STAMPA. - 86:2(2005). [10.1063/1.1853509]

Optical bistability and stationary patterns in photonic-crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Brambilla, M.
2005-01-01

Abstract

We report the experimental observation of optical bistability and coherent transverse pattern formation in optically injected, photonic-crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, electrically biased below threshold. For injected frequency blueshifted with respect to the cavity resonance, the system exhibits optical bistability and the injected uniform plane-wave breaks up, giving rise to honeycomb- and rolls-like transverse patterns. By comparison with numerical simulations we associate the observed phenomena with the onset of a modulational instability, and discuss the application of this device as an optical memory based on the cavity soliton concept.
2005
Optical bistability and stationary patterns in photonic-crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers / Dabbicco, M.; Maggipinto, T.; Brambilla, M.. - In: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. - ISSN 0003-6951. - STAMPA. - 86:2(2005). [10.1063/1.1853509]
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