Transverse mode switching and locking in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers subject to orthogonal optical injection

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 322-333

  Valle, Angel ^a   Gatare, Ignace ^b,c   Panajotov, Krassimir ^c,d   Sciamanna, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Injection locking; Nonlinear dynamics; Polarization switching; Transverse modes; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

INJECTION LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

INJECTION LOCKING; ORTHOGONAL OPTICAL INJECTION; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; TRANSVERSE MODE SWITCHING;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 34047113954     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.893004     Document Type: Article

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