Title :
Low switching power polarization bistability in optically injected VCSELs
Author :
Qader, Abdulqader A. ; Yanhua Hong ; Shore, Keith Alan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Bangor Univ., Bangor, UK
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
Polarization bistability in VCSEL subject to orthogonally polarized optical injection is studied experimentally. It is shown that the VCSEL may exhibits a low power (2.8 μW) polarization switching and ultra-wide hysteresis cycle beyond 150 GHz.
Keywords :
hysteresis; laser stability; light polarisation; optical bistability; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; optically injected VCSEL; orthogonally polarized optical injection; polarization switching; power 2.8 muW; power polarization bistability; ultrawide hysteresis cycle; Hysteresis; Optical bistability; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600428
