Phys. Rev. A 61, 063818 (2000) [5 pages]Patterns and localized structures in bistable semiconductor resonatorsReceived 5 April 1999; revised 22 November 1999; published 17 May 2000 We investigate experimentally pattern formation in a passive semiconductor microresonator, one of the simplest nonlinear optical feedback systems, and potentially useful for optical parallel information processing. Dynamics of switching fronts and steady-state structures, as well as requirements for formation of solitons or localized structures are investigated in the spectral range where the nonlinearity of the semiconductor material is dispersive and defocusing. Extended patterns are found as predicted theoretically. Evidence of localization of structures is given. © 2000 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.61.063818
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.61.063818
PACS:
42.65.Sf, 42.65.Pc, 47.54.+r
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