Current-dependence of polarisation switching and locking in an optically injected 1550 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
Current-dependence of polarisation switching and locking in an optically injected 1550 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
- Author(s): N. Khan ; K. Schires ; A. Hurtado ; I.D. Henning ; M.J. Adams
- DOI: 10.1049/iet-opt.2010.0061
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- Author(s): N. Khan 1 ; K. Schires 1 ; A. Hurtado 1 ; I.D. Henning 1 ; M.J. Adams 1
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1: School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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1: School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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Volume 5, Issue 3,
June 2011,
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DOI: 10.1049/iet-opt.2010.0061 , Print ISSN 1751-8768, Online ISSN 1751-8776
The authors have studied the effects of polarised optical injection in a 1550 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) operated at currents up to 4.5 times threshold. Regions of stable injection locking have been measured for cases where the injected signal is polarised to match one of the two polarisations of the fundamental transverse mode of the solitary VCSEL. In addition regions of polarisation switching have been found for the case where the input polarisation is matched to that of the subsidiary mode of the solitary VCSEL. The variation of this behaviour with current has been investigated.
Inspec keywords: surface emitting lasers; semiconductor lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; light polarisation
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Subjects: Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Laser resonators and cavities; Optical bistability, multistability and switching; Design of specific laser systems; Optical bistability, multistability and switching; Laser resonators and cavities; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Lasing action in semiconductors; Semiconductor lasers
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