Dynamical trapping of light in coupled laser arrays: slow or fast?

Yuval Yifat; Christopher Long; Jacob Scheuer; Eli Kapon

doi:10.1117/12.914739

8 February 2012 Dynamical trapping of light in coupled laser arrays: slow or fast?

Yuval Yifat, Christopher Long, Jacob Scheuer, Eli Kapon

Proceedings Volume 8273, Advances in Slow and Fast Light V; 827305 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914739
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We study the dynamics of coupled arrays of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) under optical injection of light into on of the VCSEL in the array In spite of a theoretical expectation for slow light propagation exhibiting resonance tunneling of the injected pulse to its adjacent lasers we observed the opposite effect - the light was first observed in the VCSEL furthest away from the injection point. These rather surprising results are presented and several possible explanations are discussed.

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Yuval Yifat, Christopher Long, Jacob Scheuer, and Eli Kapon "Dynamical trapping of light in coupled laser arrays: slow or fast?", Proc. SPIE 8273, Advances in Slow and Fast Light V, 827305 (8 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914739

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