Injection-induced polarization switching of a modulated-1.5 μm wavelength single-mode VCSEL

Author

Jeong, Kyu Hyeon ; Kim, Kyong Hon ; Lee, Min Hee ; Yoo, Byueng-Su ; Roh, Jay ; Shore, Keith Alan

Author_Institution

Inha Univ., Incheon

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This paper represents, the first report of experimental observations of the polarization switching dynamics of a modulated 1.5-μm wavelength single-mode vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) under optical injection control. An injected optical beam with polarization orthogonal to that of the stand-alone VCSEL caused a dynamical instability of the laser polarization state near threshold. Successful switching of the polarization state of the output of the VCSEL modulated at 5 MHz was achieved.

Keywords

laser modes; laser stability; light polarisation; optical control; optical modulation; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; dynamical instability; optical injection control; polarization switching; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; wavelength 1.5 μm; Laser beams; Laser transitions; Optical beams; Optical control; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Power lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0930-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385955

Filename

4385955