Control of topology of two-dimensional solitons in a laser with saturable absorption by means of a coherent holding radiation

We propose a simple method to control the topology of laser vortex solitons and their complexes in a wide-aperture laser with saturable absorption by means of weak coherent holding radiation. The holding radiation acting on initial “free” vortex solitons induces the appearance of new peripheral vort...

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Published in:Optics letters 2020-06, Vol.45 (12), p.3284-3287
Main Authors: Fedorov, S. V., Veretenov, N. A., Rosanov, N. N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption
Apertures
Data processing
Energy flow
Fluid dynamics
Fluid flow
Lasers
Reconfiguration
Solitary waves
Topology
Vortices
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Summary:We propose a simple method to control the topology of laser vortex solitons and their complexes in a wide-aperture laser with saturable absorption by means of weak coherent holding radiation. The holding radiation acting on initial “free” vortex solitons induces the appearance of new peripheral vortices and the splitting of multiple central vortices, as well as reconfiguration of energy flow topology. A wide variety of these stable vortex structures makes the scheme promising for topologically protected information processing.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.394727