• DocumentCode
    2901113
  • Title

    Polarization bistable characteristics of mesa structure 980 nm VCSELs

  • Author

    Sato, Yuuki ; Mori, Takashi ; Yamayoshi, Yasuhiro ; Kawaguchi, Hitoshi

  • Author_Institution
    CREST, Japan Sci. & Technol. Agency, Saitama, Japan
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    480
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we experimentally study polarization bistable characteristics of simplified mesa structure VCSELs. A distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) mirror is processed in a rectangular mesa structure waveguide and buried with polyimide. The almost square mesa structure VCSEL lases in two orthogonal linear polarization states. We demonstrate stable polarization switching by light injection.
  • Keywords
    distributed Bragg reflectors; optical bistability; optical waveguides; surface emitting lasers; 980 nm; VCSEL; distributed Bragg reflector mirror; light injection; polarization bistable characteristics; rectangular mesa structure waveguide; Bifurcation; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Flip-flops; Mirrors; Optical polarization; Polyimides; Scanning electron microscopy; Temperature measurement; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8974-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568258
  • Filename
    1568258