Title :
Optical Injection Locking of Polarization Modes in VCSELs Emitting at 1.3
Wavelength
Author :
Lamothe, Elodie ; Long, C.M. ; Caliman, A. ; Iakovlev, V. ; Mereuta, A. ; Sirbu, A. ; Suruceanu, G. ; Kapon, Eli
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Phys. of Nanostruct., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
Injection locking of polarization modes of 1.3 μm wavelength vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) fabricated via wafer fusion is investigated. Maps of the injected modes in the frequency-power plane reveal the detailed response of the slave VCSEL to the optical injection, in agreement with numerical simulations of the system.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; frequency-power plane; optical injection; optical injection locking; polarization modes; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; wafer fusion; wavelength 1.3 mum; Injection-locked oscillators; Laser mode locking; Optical attenuators; Optical polarization; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Semiconductor lasers; VCSELs; injection locked lasers; polarization;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2013.2278554