Temporal localized states and square-waves in semiconductor micro-resonators with strong time-delayed feedback

Koch, Elias R.; Seidel, Thomas G.; Javaloyes, Julien; Gurevich, Svetlana V.

Abstract

In this paper, we study the dynamics of a vertically emitting micro-cavity operated in the Gires–Tournois regime that contains a semiconductor quantum-well and that is subjected to strong time-delayed optical feedback and detuned optical injection. Using a first principle time-delay model for the optical response, we disclose sets of multistable dark and bright temporal localized states coexisting on their respective bistable homogeneous backgrounds. In the case of anti-resonant optical feedback, we identify square-waves with a period of twice the round-trip in the external cavity. Finally, we perform a multiple time scale analysis in the good cavity limit. The resulting normal form is in good agreement with the original time-delayed model.