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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rio Grande
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5947-X
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2000.894140
