Title :
Pitchfork bifurcation polarisation bistability in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
Author :
Kawaguchi, H. ; Hidayat, I.S. ; Takahashi, Y. ; Yamayoshi, Y.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Yamagata Univ., Japan
fDate :
1/19/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Pitchfork bifurcation polarisation bistability has been observed experimentally in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser for the first time. All-optical flipflop operation has been successfully demonstrated by injecting the trigger light inputs having the two orthogonal polarisations
Keywords :
bifurcation; flip-flops; laser cavity resonators; laser stability; light polarisation; optical bistability; optical logic; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; VCSEL; all-optical flipflop operation; orthogonal polarisations; pitchfork bifurcation polarisation bistability; surface-emitting lasers; trigger light inputs; vertical-cavity SEL;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950060
