Title :
Bistable localized light structure with linear polarization in medium size vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
Author :
Panajotov, Krassimir ; Hachair, Xavier ; Tissoni, Giovanna ; Thienpont, Hugo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Photonics (IR-TONA), Vrije Unversiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
We observe experimentally and confirm numerically spatially localized light structures with linear polarization, orthogonal to the principal polarization in a 40 mum diameter vertical-cavity surface emitting laser biased above the lasing threshold.
Keywords :
optical bistability; optical fibre polarisation; surface emitting lasers; bistable localized light structure; lasing threshold; linear polarization; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Charge carrier density; Equations; Information processing; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical polarization; Photonics; Solitons; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192703
