DocumentCode :
1131818
Title :
Optical Injection-Induced Polarization Switching Dynamics in 1.5- 
m Wavelength Single-Mode Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers
Author :
Jeong, Kyu Hyeon ; Kim, Kyong Hon ; Lee, Seoung Hun ; Lee, Min Hee ; Yoo, Byeung-Soo ; Shore, K. Alan
Author_Institution :
Inha Univ., Incheon
Volume :
20
Issue :
10
fYear :
2008
fDate :
5/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
779
Lastpage :
781
Abstract :
We report the first experimental invetigation of the polarization-mode switching dynamics and injection-wavelength-dependent polarization-mode bistability of a 1.5-m wavelength single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) under external laser beam injection. An injection beam with polarization orthogonal to that of the stand-alone VCSEL caused polarization-mode instability and switching of the VCSEL output. By varying the optical injection detuning for fixed injection power observation was made of a novel form of polarization bistability which will have applications in a new type of all-optical flip-flop and signal processing scheme.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical bistability; surface emitting lasers; injection locking; polarization-mode bistability; polarization-mode switching; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Laser beams; Optical bistability; Optical fiber networks; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Optical surface waves; Samarium; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Injection locking; instability; laser diode; polarization switching; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL);
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1041-1135
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.921110
Filename :
4490021
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