Delayed feedback control of self-mobile cavity solitons

A. Pimenov, A. G. Vladimirov, S. V. Gurevich, K. Panajotov, G. Huyet, and M. Tlidi
Phys. Rev. A 88, 053830 – Published 20 November 2013

Abstract

Control of the motion of cavity solitons is one the central problems in nonlinear optical pattern formation. We report on the impact of the phase of the time-delayed optical feedback and carrier lifetime on the self-mobility of localized structures of light in broad-area semiconductor cavities. We show both analytically and numerically that the feedback phase strongly affects the drift instability threshold as well as the velocity of cavity soliton motion above this threshold. In addition we demonstrate that the noninstantaneous carrier response of the semiconductor medium is responsible for the increase of the critical feedback rate corresponding to the drift instability.

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  • Received 24 June 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.88.053830

©2013 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

A. Pimenov1, A. G. Vladimirov1,2, S. V. Gurevich3, K. Panajotov4,5, G. Huyet2, and M. Tlidi6

  • 1Weierstrass Institute, Mohrenstrasse 39, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
  • 2Cork Institute of Technology, Rossa Avenue, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland
  • 3Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 9, D-48149, Münster, Germany
  • 4Department of Applied Physics and Photonics (IR-TONA), Vrije Unversiteit Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
  • 5Institute of Solid State Physics, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee Boulevard, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 6Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), Faculté des Sciences, Code Postal 231, Campus Plaine, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Vol. 88, Iss. 5 — November 2013

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