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Formation of phase soliton complexes in an optically injected semiconductor laser

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We show experimental and numerical results about attractive interactions between phase solitons in a strongly multimode semiconductor laser with injected signal. The formation of soliton bound states, or phase solitons with multiple chiral charge, is demonstrated and analyzed in terms of the (spatio-temporally resolved) phase dynamics of the system. Propagation velocity of phase solitons in the longitudinal cavity is studied, and a correlation is established with phase soliton size and total charge.

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  1. Université de Lille, CNRS UMR 8523, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules (PhLAM), 59000, Lille, France

    Francois Gustave

  2. Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Institut de Physique de Nice, 1361 Route des Lucioles, 06560, Valbonne, France

    Cristina Rimoldi, Pierre Walczak, Giovanna Tissoni & Stéphane Barland

  3. Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy

    Lorenzo Columbo

  4. Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie del CNR, 70126, Bari, Italy

    Lorenzo Columbo & Massimo Brambilla

  5. Dipartimento di Fisica Interateneo, Università e Politecnico di Bari, Via Amendola 173, 70123, Bari, Italy

    Massimo Brambilla

  6. Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia, Università dell’Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, 22100, Como, Italy

    Franco Prati

  7. CNISM, Research Unit of Como, Via Valleggio 11, 22100, Como, Italy

    Franco Prati

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Contribution to the Topical Issue “Theory and Applications of the Lugiato-Lefever Equation”, edited by Yanne K. Chembo, Damia Gomila, Mustapha Tlidi, Curtis R. Menyuk.

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Gustave, F., Rimoldi, C., Walczak, P. et al. Formation of phase soliton complexes in an optically injected semiconductor laser. Eur. Phys. J. D 71, 154 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-80104-0

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