Title :
Frequency dependent polarization dynamics in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers with electrical injection
Author :
Barve, Ajit V. ; Zheng, Yan ; Johansson, Leif ; Coldren, Larry
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report on the polarization dynamics in VCSELs with a small frequency modulation. The polarization state of a VCSEL is shown to be controlled by only changing the frequency of the modulation to electrical injection.
Keywords :
frequency modulation; light polarisation; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; electrical injection; frequency dependent polarization dynamics; polarization state; small frequency modulation; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Frequency control; Frequency dependence; Frequency modulation; Optical switches; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358584
