Low-frequency fluctuations in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with polarization selective feedback: experiment and theory

M.C. Soriano, M. Yousefi, J. Danckaert, S. Barland, M. Romanelli, G. Giacomelli, F. Marin

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Abstract

We present theory and measurements on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) biased close to its solitary threshold and subject to polarization selective external optical feedback. The system shows low-frequency fluctuations (LFF) in the selected polarization mode (PM). Below solitary laser threshold, the orthogonal PM remains silent, while it only responds after a dropout event in the main mode above threshold. Our calculations show good agreement with the measurements and identify a type of synchronization between the low-frequency dynamics of the two PMs.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)998-1005
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume10
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

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