title: Asymmetric stationary lasing patterns in 2D symmetric microcavities.
abstract: Locking of two resonance modes of different symmetry classes and different frequencies in 2D resonant microcavity lasers is investigated by using a nonlinear dynamical model. The patterns of stationary lasing states and far fields are asymmetric in spite of the symmetric shape of the resonant microcavity. The corresponding phenomenon is actually observed in the experiment of a 2D semiconductor microcavity laser diode.
authors.affiliation: ATR Adaptive Communications Research Laboratories, 2-2-2 Hikaridai Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0228, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harayama
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sunada
authors.forename: Kensuke S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ikeda