Experimental Observation of Self-Propelled Cavity Soliton-like Evolutions in VCSELs with Photonic-Crystal Micro-Structures

Author

Lee, Tsin-Dong ; Chang, Chia-Yu ; Wu, Meng-Hong ; Jhang, Jhao-Ren ; Wu, Te-Ho ; Lee, Ray-Kuang

Author_Institution

Nat. Yunlin Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Yunlin

fYear

2007

fDate

Aug. 12 2007-July 16 2007

Firstpage

109

Lastpage

110

Abstract

We report experimental observation of transverse optical pattern distribution and its evolution in photonic-crystal-structured VCSELs by using near-field scanning optical microscope. With fixed driving current but different distances above the emitting surface of the cavity, self-propelled soliton-like cavity patterns are demonstrated.

Keywords

crystal microstructure; near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical solitons; photonic crystals; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; fixed driving current; near-field scanning optical microscope; photonic crystal microstructures; self-propelled cavity soliton; transverse optical pattern distribution; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical microscopy; Optical solitons; Photonic crystals; Scanning electron microscopy; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; nearfield scanning microscope; optical pattern;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, 2007 IEEE/LEOS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hualien

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0641-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OMEMS.2007.4373864

Filename

4373864