Institut Non Linéaire de Nice (INLN)
The INLN is a multi-disciplinary Institute built as an Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS-Université de Nice (UMR6618) . It is composed by mathematicians and physicists with expertise in non-linear dynamics. The experimental group of the INLN is among the leading groups in the world studying the dynamics of optical systems. The group used their intrinsic collaboration with expert in bifurcation theory in order to explore the processes leading to the formation of spatio-temporal structures in active systems. Among the relevant results of our group we can mention: the first experimental evidence of the existence and of the controlling of cavity solitons in semiconductor lasers (« Pianos » project), the prediction of existence of defects in the transverse intensity distribution of the electromagnetic field of the laser; the first experimental evidence of the influence of symmetries in the spatio temporal dynamics of active systems; the measurements and the development of a model required to understand the complexity of optical systems at large Fresnel number. Furthermore we predict and we gave experimental evidence of the excitable behavior of semiconductor lasers, we investigate the type and origin of instabilities in bulk and quantum well semiconductor active systems, and we develop expertise in vertical cavity surface emitter lasers. We collaborate with experimental groups around the world, with our European funding, continuously since the creation of our experimental facilities in 1992.
| Key personnel: | Jorge
Tredicce*: Director of the “Institut Non-Lineaire
de Nice”, Nice. Massimo Giudici |
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| Contact: | Institut Non Linéaire de Nice Sophia Antipolis UMR 6618 CNRS 1361 route des Lucioles 06560 Valbonne FRANCE |
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