Mapping of transverse mode locking and switching in VCSELs under orthogonal optical injection

Author

Gatare, I. ; Valle, A. ; Panajotov, K. ; Sciamanna, M.

Author_Institution

LMOPS CNRS UMR-7132, Metz

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

An experimental and theoretical investigation of polarization switching (PS) and transverse mode locking of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to orthogonal optical injection was provided. Experimental mapping of the polarization switching and transverse modes competition in the plane of frequency detuning vs. injection power was performed. It is shown that PS is achieved with bistability over the whole frequency detuning range.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical bistability; optical switches; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; bistability; frequency detuning; injection power; orthogonal optical injection; polarization switching; transverse mode locking; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Master-slave; Optical polarization; Photonics; Physics; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; 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

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386026

Filename

4386026