• DocumentCode
    925529
  • Title

    Polarisation effects in optically-injected VCSELs

  • Author

    Homayounfar, A. ; Adams, M.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    4/27/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    537
  • Lastpage
    538
  • Abstract
    Calculations of the effects of polarised optical injection in VCSELs, allowing for spin interactions, are reported. New forms of dynamic behaviour that are not present in conventional optically-injected lasers are found for certain combinations of operating parameters. In particular a quasi-stable elliptically polarised locking state exists in a wide region of parameter space, characterised by small-amplitude sinusoidal variations of field components and carrier densities.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; light polarisation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; dynamic behaviour; optically-injected lasers; polarisation effects; polarised optical injection; quasistable elliptically polarised locking state; spin interactions; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20060724
  • Filename
    1628536