title: Crescent waves in optical cavities.
abstract: We theoretically and experimentally generate stationary crescent surface solitons pinged to the boundary of a microstructured vertical cavity surface emission laser by triggering the intrinsic cavity mode as a background potential. Instead of a direct transition from linear to nonlinear cavity modes, we demonstrate the existence of symmetry-breaking crescent waves without any analogs in the linear limit. Our results provide an alternative and general method to control lasing characteristics as well as to study optical surface waves.
authors: Institute of Photonics Technologies, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan.
authors: Chandroth P
authors: CP
authors: Jisha
authors: Yuanyao
authors: Y
authors: Lin
authors: Tsin-Dong
authors: TD
authors: Lee
authors: Ray-Kuang
authors: RK
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D007834:Lasers; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D013499:Surface Properties