Experimental study of polarization switching of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers as a dynamical bifurcation

Optics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 748-750

  Paul, Jon ^a   Masoller, Cristina ^b,c   Hong, Yanhua ^a   Spencer, Paul S ^a   Shore, K Alan ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION SWITCHING (PS); POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

LASERS;

EID: 33645746626     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.000748     Document Type: Article

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