Nonlinear dynamics and synchronization in two mutually coupled vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Author

Gatare, Ignace ; Thienpont, Hugo ; Panajotov, Krassimir

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Photonics, Vrije Univ. Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We experimentally report on dynamics of two mutually coupled vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL) operating in the parallel injection scheme, that is the polarizations of the free-running VCSEL1 and VCSEL2 are parallel to each other. The VCSELs are biased such that their free-running output powers are matched and they operate around 852 nm. Both VCSELs undergo a Hopf bifurcation with excitation of limit-cycle time-periodic dynamics at the relaxation oscillation frequency. The evolution of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization mechanisms is investigated.

Keywords

bifurcation; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; nonlinear optics; surface emitting lasers; Hopf bifurcation; free-running laser; laser nonlinear dynamics; laser nonlinear synchronization; limit-cycle time-periodic dynamics; mutually coupled VCSEL; parallel injection scheme; relaxation oscillation; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Bifurcation; Frequency synchronization; Impedance matching; Laser excitation; Mutual coupling; Optical coupling; Polarization; Power generation; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5191536

Filename

5191536