DocumentCode
1739989
Title
Pure frequency-polarization bistability in vertical cavity surface emitting semiconductor lasers
Author
Hong, Y. ; Shore, A. ; Larsson, Anders ; Ghisoni, Marco ; Halonen, John
Author_Institution
Sch. of Inf., Univ. of Wales, Bangor, UK
Volume
2
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
888
Abstract
We have observed pure frequency-polarization bistability in a VCSEL subjected to optical injection. We find that the polarization switching bandwidth and the polarization bistability loop width are linearly increasing with the injection power at lower injection power and saturate at higher injection powers
Keywords
light polarisation; optical bistability; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; higher injection power saturation; injection power; optical injection; polarization bistability loop width; polarization switching bandwidth; pure frequency-polarization bistability; vertical cavity surface emitting semiconductor lasers; Bandwidth; Frequency; Hysteresis; Optical bistability; Optical polarization; Optical saturation; Power generation; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE
Conference_Location
Rio Grande
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5947-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2000.894140
Filename
894140
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