Nonlinear localized modes in bandgap microcavities

Wen Xing Yang*, Yuan Yao Lin, Tsin Dong Lee, Ray Kuang Lee, Yuri S. Kivshar

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    Abstract

    We study experimentally an electrically pumped GaAs-based bandgap structure based on a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL). We demonstrate that a microcavity embedded into this bandgap VCSEL structure supports localized optical modes without any holding beam. We propose a model of surface-structured VCSELs based on a reduced dissipative wave equation for describing electromagnetic modes in such semiconductor cavities and analyze a crossover between linear and nonlinear solitonlike cavity modes.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3207-3209
    Number of pages3
    JournalOptics Letters
    Volume35
    Issue number19
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2010

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