Photonics Research, 2017, 5 (6): 06000B47, Published Online: Dec. 7, 2017
Self-adjustment of a nonlinear lasing mode to a pumped area in a two-dimensional microcavity [Invited] Download: 554次
(140.3945) Microcavities (140.3410) Laser resonators (270.3430) Laser theory (000.1600) Classical and quantum physics.
Abstract
We numerically performed wave dynamical simulations based on the Maxwell–Bloch (MB) model for a quadrupole-deformed microcavity laser with spatially selective pumping. We demonstrate the appearance of an asymmetric lasing mode whose spatial pattern violates both the x- and y-axes mirror symmetries of the cavity. Dynamical simulations revealed that a lasing mode consisting of a clockwise or counterclockwise rotating-wave component is a stable stationary solution of the MB model. From the results of a passive-cavity mode analysis, we interpret these asymmetric rotating-wave lasing modes by the locking of four nearly degenerate passive-cavity modes. For comparison, we carried out simulations for a uniform pumping case and found a different locking rule for the nearly degenerate modes. Our results demonstrate a nonlinear dynamical mechanism for the formation of a lasing mode that adjusts its pattern to a pumped area.
Yuta Kawashima, Susumu Shinohara, Satoshi Sunada, Takahisa Harayama. Self-adjustment of a nonlinear lasing mode to a pumped area in a two-dimensional microcavity [Invited][J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(6): 06000B47.