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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 998-1005 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |