title: Spatio-temporal dynamics in semiconductor microresonators with thermal effects.
abstract: In this paper we study the dynamics of the intracavity field, carriers and lattice temperature in externally driven semiconductor microcavities. The combination/competition of the different time-scales of the dynamical variables together with diffraction and carrier/thermal diffusions are responsible for new dynamical behaviors. We report here the occurrence of a spatio-temporal instability of the Hopf type giving rise to Regenerative Oscillations and travelling patterns and cavity solitons.
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tissoni
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lugiato
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brambilla
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Perrini
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maggipinto