Dynamics of VCSELs Subject to Optical Injection of Arbitrary Polarization

New theoretical results are presented on polarized optical injection of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) based on the spin-flip model extended to consider both the azimuth and ellipticity of the injected light. Experiments to investigate these effects are performed on two 1550-nm VCS...

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Published in:IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics 2013-07, Vol.19 (4), p.1700512-1700512
Main Authors: Al-Seyab, R., Schires, K., Hurtado, A., Henning, I. D., Adams, M. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Injection locking (IL)
Mathematical model
Nonlinear optics
Optical attenuators
Optical fibers
optical injection
Optical polarization
Polarization
Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers
vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs)
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Summary:New theoretical results are presented on polarized optical injection of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) based on the spin-flip model extended to consider both the azimuth and ellipticity of the injected light. Experiments to investigate these effects are performed on two 1550-nm VCSELs with different frequency spacing between the resonances of the orthogonal polarizations of the fundamental transverse mode. Excellent agreement is found between experiment and theory for the stability and polarizations of the two VCSELs subject to polarized optical injection. The input polarization angle has a strong effect on both the dynamics and polarization of each VCSEL, whereas the ellipticity of the injected light affects only the polarization.
ISSN:1077-260X
1558-4542
DOI:10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2239614