DocumentCode
1243364
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
Volume
31
Issue
2
fYear
1995
fDate
1/19/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
109
Lastpage
111
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19950060
Filename
364363
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