DocumentCode
2134550
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
fYear
2012
fDate
7-10 Oct. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2012 23rd IEEE International
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
ISSN
0899-9406
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0828-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISLC.2012.6348318
Filename
6348318
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