Wavelength polarization switching and bistability in a 1550nm-VCSEL subject to orthogonal optical injection

Author

Hurtado, A. ; Henning, I.D. ; Adams, M.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Electron. Syst., Essex Univ., Colchester

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report the first experimental observation of different forms of wavelength polarization switching and bistability with a 1550-nm VCSEL operated just above threshold and subject to orthogonally-polarised optical injection.

Keywords

laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; light polarisation; optical bistability; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; optical bistability; orthogonally-polarised optical injection; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength detuning; wavelength polarization switching; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Power measurement; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength measurement; (130.4815) Optical switching devices; (140.7260) Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (190.1450) Bistability; (230.5440) Polarization-selective devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572265