Title :
Fast polarization modulation in vertical cavity lasers with electrical RF injection
Author :
Barve, Ajit V. ; Zheng, Yan ; Johansson, Leif ; Mehta, A. Lok ; Husain, Anis ; Coldren, Larry
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report on a new method for fast electrical modulation of the polarization state of a simple, two terminal VCSEL. By biasing the VCSEL with a gated RF signal, polarization can be modulated at more than a GHz rate, which is fastest for electrical modulation of polarization.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical modulation; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; electrical RF injection; fast electrical modulation; fast polarization modulation; gated RF signal; polarization state; two-terminal VCSEL; vertical cavity lasers; Frequency measurement; Frequency modulation; Optical switches; RF signals; Radio frequency; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2012 23rd IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0828-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2012.6348318
