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Mode-Locking of the Hermite-Gaussian Modes of a Nanolaser

Optics 2020-02-14 v1

Abstract

Mode-locking is predicted in a nanolaser cavity forming an effective photonic harmonic potential. The cavity is substantially more compact than a Fabry-Perot resonator with comparable pulsing period, which is here controlled by the potential. In the limit of instantaneous gain and absorption saturation, mode-locking corresponds to a stable dissipative soliton, which it very well approximated by the coherent state of a quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator. This property is robust against non-instantaneous material response and non-zero phase-intensity coupling.

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@article{arxiv.2002.05390,
  title  = {Mode-Locking of the Hermite-Gaussian Modes of a Nanolaser},
  author = {Yifan Sun and Sylvain Combrié and Fabien Bretenaker and Alfredo De Rossi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.05390},
  year   = {2020}
}