Excitation of a two-mode limit cycle dynamics on the route to polarization switching in a VCSEL subject orthogonal to optical injection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6997, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gatare, I ^a,b   Sciamanna, M ^a   Nizette, M ^c   Thienpont, H ^b   Panajotov, K ^b  

^a SUPELEC   (France)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bifurcations; Nonlinear dynamics; Optical injection; Polarization switching; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASERS; MECHANISMS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

BIFURCATIONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL INJECTION; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 50349103391     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.781445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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