Title :
Analysis of pattern formation in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with feedback of a volume Bragg grating
Author :
Noblet, Y. ; Ackemann, T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
Broad area VCSELs with frequency-selective feedback (FSF) from an external self-imaging cavity showed interesting effects like laser spatial solitons at threshold. In this paper, the authors investigate the influence of FSF on the spatially extended state of the VCSEL much further above threshold and contrast it to the behavior of an external cavity closed by a normal mirror. The paper also investigates deviations from the self-imaging condition. This meets interest of controlling the sign of diffraction.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Talbot effect; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser mirrors; optical solitons; surface emitting lasers; broad area VCSEL; external cavity; external self-imaging cavity; frequency selective feedback; laser feedback; laser spatial solitons; normal mirror; pattern formation; self-imaging condition; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; volume Bragg grating; Bragg gratings; Cavity resonators; Laser feedback; Mirrors; Solitons; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943553
