- Abstract
Local-field effects are known to induce bistability in dense optical media. We examine theoretically whether this property is preserved in broad-area cavities, and show that bistability between the homogeneous lasing and nonlasing states of the system persists provided a Fourier filtering technique is used to prevent off-axis emission. The resulting bistability gives rise to spatial light localization in the form of cavity solitons, which exhibit a particularly large degree of plasticity as a function of the characteristics of the addressing beam. This is the simplest laser able to sustain cavity solitons.
- Authors
- V. Ahufinger, R. Vilaseca, R. Corbalán, M. C. Torrent, J. Mompart, i J. García-Ojalvo
- Citation Key
- PhysRevLett.91.083901
- COinS Data
- Date Published
- 2015-04-14 02:49
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.083901
- Pagination
- 083901
- Publisher
- American Physical Society
- Journal
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- URL
- http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.083901
- Volume
- 91
- Year of Publication
- 2003