Title :
Wavelength Polarization Switching and Bistability in a 1550-nm VCSEL Subject to Polarized Optical Injection
Author :
Hurtado, Antonio ; Henning, Ian D. ; Adams, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
Abstract :
Different forms of wavelength polarization switching and bistability are experimentally reported for a 1550-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to optical injection with different input polarization angles to that of the solitary VCSEL.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical bistability; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; optical injection; switching and bistability; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength polarization; Optical bistability; polarization switching (PS); polarized optical injection; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2022321
