Polarization instabilities in a multi-transverse-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with polarized optical feedback

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

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Lin, Hong¹  HoShue, Justin¹  Lapin, Zachary J.¹  Valle, Angel² 

[1] Bates Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, Lewiston, ME 04240 USA

[2] UC, CSIC, Inst Fis Cantabria, E-39005 Santander, Spain

关键词: Polarization dynamics;    Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers;    Optical feedback;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.optcom.2009.12.008

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

We have experimentally studied polarization instabilities in the multi-transverse-mode regime of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser subject to polarized optical feedback. A dynamical regime that is similar to the transition from the so called low frequency fluctuation (LFF) to coherence collapse (CC) in the single-transverse-mode VCSEL is found and investigated. The role of higher order transverse modes is to increase the irregularity of the dynamics as shown experimentally and numerically. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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