Title :
Polarisation switching in a single-frequency external-cavity semiconductor laser
Author_Institution :
Cornell University Ithaca, School of Electrical Engineering, Ithacha, USA
Abstract :
Polarisation switching between the TE and TM modes is demonstrated in an external-cavity semiconductor laser. A novel polarisation-selective external cavity with an intra-cavity electro-optic intensity modulator is used to switch the polarisation between two stable single-frequency oscillations
Keywords :
light polarisation; semiconductor junction lasers; TE; TM; intracavity electro-optic intensity modulator; polarisation switching; polarisation-selective external cavity; single-frequency external-cavity semiconductor laser; single-frequency oscillations;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870569
