Polarization switching and hysteresis of VCSELs with time-varying optical injection

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 889-894

  Zhang, Wei Li ^a   Pan, Wei ^a   Luo, Bin ^a   Wang, Meng Yao ^a   Zou, Xi Hua ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bistable; Optical injection; Polarization switching (PS); Semiconductor lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; HYSTERESIS; LASERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; POLARIZATION; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

(001) PARAMETER; OPTICAL INJECTION; ORTHOGONAL OPTICAL INJECTION; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; POLARIZATION SWITCHING (PS); SCANNING FREQUENCY; SCANNING RANGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (IGC: E4/K7); STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); SWEEP RATES; TIME-VARYING; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSELS);

SCANNING;

EID: 45249123201     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.922896     Document Type: Article

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