Title :
Polarization switching and bistability in a 1300 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 experimental observation of different forms of polarization switching and bistability in an optically injected 1300nm dilute nitride spin-VCSEL and for both (right- and left-) circularly polarized modes of the device.
Keywords :
laser modes; light polarisation; optical bistability; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; bistability; dilute nitride spin-VCSEL; left-circularly polarized modes; optical injection; polarization switching; right-circularly polarized modes; wavelength 1300 nm; Optical amplifiers; Optical bistability; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995228
