Title :
Control of the emitted polarization in a 1310 nm spin-VCSEL subject to circularly polarized optical injection
Author :
Alharthi, S.S. ; Hurtado, A. ; Korpijarvi, V.-M. ; Guina, M. ; Henning, I.D. ; Adams, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
Abstract :
We report the first optical injection experiment on a dilute nitride 1300 nm spin-VCSEL at room temperature. Effective control of the polarization of the light emitted by the spin-VCSEL is theoretically predicted and experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; light polarisation; surface emitting lasers; circularly polarized optical injection; dilute nitride; effective light polarization control; emitted polarization; spin VCSEL; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 1300 nm; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
