Two-wavelength switching with a 1550 nm VCSEL under single orthogonal optical injection

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 911-917

  Hurtado, Antonio ^a,b   Henning, Ian D ^a   Adams, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Light polarization; Optical bistability (OB); Two wavelength switching; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SWITCHING;

1550 NM; ALL-OPTICAL; BI-STABILITY; CLOCK-WISE (CW); EMISSION WAVE LENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; LASING MODES; LONG WAVELENGTH (LW); MAIN MODE; ON-OFF CONTRAST RATIO; OPTICAL INJECTION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECT; OPTICAL SIGNALLING; ORTHOGONAL OPTICAL INJECTION; POWER SWITCHING; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS; TWO WAVELENGTH; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSELS);

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 45249086793     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.918312     Document Type: Article

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