Abstract
We show theoretically that a broad area bidirectional laser with slightly different cavity losses for the two counterpropagating fields sustains cavity solitons (CSs). These are complementary; i.e., there is a bright (dark) CS in the field with larger (smaller) losses. Interestingly, the CSs can be written or erased by injecting suitable pulses into any of the two counterpropagating fields.
© 2007 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
L. Columbo, L. Gil, and J. Tredicce
Opt. Lett. 33(9) 995-997 (2008)
Isabel Pérez-Arjona, Víctor Sánchez-Morcillo, Javier Redondo, Kestutis Staliunas, and Eugenio Roldán
Opt. Express 17(6) 4897-4902 (2009)
O. Egorov, F. Lederer, and K. Staliunas
Opt. Lett. 32(15) 2106-2108 (2007)