Very wide hysteresis cycles in 1550-nm VCSELs subject to orthogonal optical injection

A first experimental observation of three different types of frequency-induced polarization bistabilities in 1550-nm single transverse and polarization mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) subject to orthogonal optical injection is described. The hysteresis width of the bistable reg...

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Autores: Quirce Teja, Ana, Valle Gutiérrez, Ángel|||0000-0002-3307-5485, Pesquera Gonzalez, Luis
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/34900
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/34900
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Optical injection
Vertical-cavity surfaceemitting laser (VCSEL)
Optical bistability
Polarization switching
Descrição
Resumo:A first experimental observation of three different types of frequency-induced polarization bistabilities in 1550-nm single transverse and polarization mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) subject to orthogonal optical injection is described. The hysteresis width of the bistable region that appears at longer wavelegth detunings increases as the injected power or the VCSEL current increases. Very large hysteresis widths are obtained. These widths are more than seven times larger than previously reported widths.