Investigation of polarization bistability in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers subjected to optical feedback

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 619-624

  Hong, Yanhua ^a   Ju, Rui ^a   Spencer, Paul S ^a   Shore, K Alan ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical bistability; Optical feedback; Polarization switching (PS); Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

OPTICAL FEEDBACK; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 19344370745     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.845352     Document Type: Article

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