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ArticleNanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)2025

Solitons in ultrafast semiconductor lasers with saturable absorber.

Luigi Lugiato, Franco Prati, Massimo Brambilla, Lorenzo Luigi Columbo

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Article in Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Quantum cascade laser: 30 years of discoveries.Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Luigi LugiatoDipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia, Università dell'Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy.
Franco PratiDipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia, Università dell'Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3930-0564
Massimo BrambillaDipartimento di Fisica Interateneo and CNR-IFN, Università e Politecnico di Bari, Campus, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Lorenzo Luigi ColumboDipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6566-9763

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe structure localization and dissipative solitons in a semiconductor laser with a saturable absorber exhibiting gain/absorption recovery times shorter than the photon lifetime. Under assumptions compatible with QCL characteristics and graphene-based absorbers, we study the existence and stability of solitons, along with their dynamical behavior. Numerical simulations confirm the robustness of our predictions. This evidence hints at promising pathways to realize passive mode locking in ultrafast lasers, implying highly valuable application prospects.

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mode lockingquantum cascade laserssolitons

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PMID41142097
PMCPMC12552883

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