Excitable optical waves in semiconductor microcavities

Year: 2005

Authors: Marino F., Balle S.

Autors Affiliation: Univ Illes Balears, CSIC, Inst Mediterrani Estudis Avancats, E-07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Abstract: We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically the existence of excitable optical waves in semiconductor microcavities. Although similar to those observed in biological and chemical systems, these excitable optical waves are self-confined. This is due to a new dynamical scenario, where a stationary Turing pattern controls the propagation of waves in an excitable medium, thus bringing together the two paradigms of dynamical behavior (waves and patterns) in active media.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Volume: 94 (9)      Pages from: 94101-1  to: 94101-4

KeyWords: Spiral Waves; Cavity; Solitons; Pixels
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.094101

Citations: 26
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