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