Spatial Semiconductor-Resonator Solitons

  • V. B. Taranenko
  • C. O. Weiss
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Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally and numerically the existence of spatial solitons in multiple-quantum-well semiconductor microresonators driven by an external coherent optical field. We discuss stability of the semiconductor-resonator solitons over a wide spectral range around the band edge. We demonstrate the manipulation of such solitons: switching solitons on and off by coherent as well as incoherent light; reducing the light power necessary to sustain and switch a soliton, by optical pumping.

Keywords

Saturable Absorber Dark Soliton Multiple Quantum Well Incident Intensity Bright Soliton 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • V. B. Taranenko
    • 1
  • C. O. Weiss
    • 1
  1. 1.Physikalisch-Technische BundesanstaltBraunschweigGermany

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