6533b82ffe1ef96bd12947c9

RESEARCH PRODUCT

Diffusion stabilizes cavity solitons in bidirectional lasers

Kestutis StaliunasEugenio RoldánVíctor J. Sánchez-morcilloJavier RedondoIsabel Pérez-arjona

subject

Diffusion (acoustics)Field (physics)FOS: Physical sciencesPhysics::OpticsGallium nitridePattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)Ring (chemistry)Molecular physicslaw.inventionchemistry.chemical_compoundlawQuantum mechanicsClockwiseDiffusion (business)Nonlinear Sciences::Pattern Formation and SolitonsPhysicsRange (particle radiation)Weak signalLaserNonlinear Sciences - Pattern Formation and SolitonsAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsSplit-step methodNonlinear Sciences::Exactly Solvable and Integrable SystemschemistryGinzburg–Landau theoryAtomic physics

description

We study the influence of field diffusion on the spatial localized structures (cavity solitons) recently predicted in bidirectional lasers. We find twofold positive role of the diffusion: 1) it increases the stability range of the individual (isolated) solitons; 2) it reduces the long-range interaction between the cavity solitons. Latter allows the independent manipulation (writing and erasing) of individual cavity solitons.

https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.17.004897