• DocumentCode
    422140
  • Title

    Coherent control for femtosecond switching of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

  • Author

    Ramsay, A.J. ; Heberle, A.P. ; Hammura, K. ; Cleaver, J.R.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Cavendish Lab., Microelectronics Res. Centre, Cambridge, UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the use of interference to switch the emission of microcavity lasers on a pulse-width limited, femtosecond time scale. The use of optical gain counteracts dephasing.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; light coherence; light interference; microcavity lasers; optical switches; surface emitting lasers; dephasing; femtosecond switching; interference; microcavity lasers; optical gain; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1361607