Theoretical investigations on the polarization performances of current-modulated VCSELs subject to weak optical feedback

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 160-168

  Wang, Xiao Fa ^a   Xia, Guang Qiong ^a,b   Wu, Zheng Mao ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; POLARIZATION; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TRANSCEIVERS;

HIGH FREQUENCY MODULATION RESPONSE; LARGE-SIGNAL MODULATION; LOW FREQUENCY MODULATION; MODULATION AMPLITUDES; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; POLARIZATION CONVERSION; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

MODULATION;

EID: 59949095731     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000160     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Y. H. Hong, R. Ju, P. S. Spencer, and K. A. Shore, "Investigation of polarization bistability in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers subjected to optical feedback," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 41, 619-624 (2005).
2. A. Valle, I. Gatare, K. Panajotov, and M. Sciamanna, "Transverse mode switching and locking in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers subject to orthogonal optical injection," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 43, 322-333 (2007).
3. W. L. Zhang, W. Pan, B. Luo, X. F. Li, X. H. Zuo, and M. Y. Wang, "Theoretical study on polarization dynamics of VCSELs with negative optoelectronic feedback," Appl. Opt. 46, 7262-7266 (2007).
4. M. A. Arteaga, H. J. Unold, J. M. Ostermann, R. Michalzik, H. Thienpont, and K. Panajotov, "Investigation of polarization properties of VCSELs subject to optical feedback from an extremely short external cavity-part I: theoretical analysis," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 42, 89-101 (2006).
5. M. Sciamanna and K. Panajotov, "Two-mode injection locking in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers," Opt. Lett. 30, 2903-2905 (2005).
6. T. Ackemann, M. Sondermann, and S. Balle, "Selforganization in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers: polarization selection and polarization dynamics," in Proceedings of CAOL 2003, Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers, 2003 (IEEE, 2003), pp. 75-77.
7. J. S. Gustavsson, Å. Haglund, E. Söderberg, J. Vukušić, P. Modh, P. Jedrasik, and A. Larsson, "Mode and polarization control in VCSELS using shallow surface structures," IET Optoelectron. 1, 197-205 (2007).
8. A. Honmayounfar and M. J. Adams, "Locking bandwidth and birefringence effects for polarized optical injection in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers," Opt. Commun. 269, 119-127 (2007).
9. D. Z. Zhong, G. Q. Xia, Z. M. Wu, and X. H. Jia, "Complete chaotic synchronization characteristics of the linearpolarization mode of vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers with isotropic optical feedback," Opt. Commun. 281, 1698-1709 (2008).
10. S. F. Liu, G. Q. Xia, X. Tang, Y. Fan, Z. Y. Li, and Z. M. Wu, "Influence of the light injection on the chaotic carrier fundamental frequency of the VCSELs with optical feedback," Proc. SPIE 6824, 682410 (2007).
11. H. J. Kong, Z. M. Wu, C. X. Hu, J. F. Liao, Q. Yang, and G. Q. Xia, "Studying the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of an optically injection vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser," Proc. SPIE 6839, 68390V (2007).
12. M. S. Miguel, Q. Feng, and J. V. Moloney, "Lightpolarization dynamics in surface-emitting semiconductor lasers," Phys. Rev. A 52, 1728-1739 (1995).
13. J. M. Regalado, F. Prati, M. S. Miguel, and N. B. Abraham, "Polarization properties of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 33, 765-783 (1997).
14. Y. H. Hong, P. S. Spencer, and K. A. Shore, "Experimental study of polarization switching of vertical-cavity surfaceemitting lasers as a dynamical bifurcation," Opt. Lett. 31, 748-750 (2006).
15. J. Danckaert, B. Nagler, J. Albert, K. Panajotov, I. Veretnnicoff, and T. Erneux, "Minimal rate equations describing polarization switching in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers," Opt. Commun. 201, 129-137 (2002).
16. P. Besnard, M. L. Chsrès, G. Stéphan, and F. Robert, "Switching between polarized modes of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser by isotropic optical feedback," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 1059-1063 (1999).
17. C. Masoller and M. S. Torre, "Influence of optical feedback on the polarization switching of vertical-cavity surfaceemitting lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 41, 483-489 (2005).
18. J. Paul, C. Masoller, Y. H. Hong, P. S. Spencer, and K. A. Shore, "Impact of orthogonal optical feedback on the polarization switching of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 1987-1994 (2007).
19. Y. H. Hong, P. S. Spencer, and K. A. Shore, "Suppression of polarization switching in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers by use of optical feedback," Opt. Lett. 29, 2151-2153 (2004).
20. M. Sciamanna, K. Panajotov, H. Thienpont, I. Veretennicoff, P. Mégret, and M. Blondel, "Optical feedback induces polarization mode hopping in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers," Opt. Lett. 28, 1543-1545 (2003).
21. W. L. Zhang, W. Pan, B. Luo, X. F. Li, X. H. Zou, and M. Y. Wang, "Polarization switching of mutually coupled verticalcavity surface-emitting lasers," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 1276-1282 (2007).
22. J. Albert, G. Van der Sande, B. Nagler, K. Pannajotov, I. Veretennicoff, J. Danckaert, and T. Erneux, "The effects of nonlinear gain on the stability of semi-degenerate twomode semiconductor lasers: a case study on VCSELs," Opt. Commun. 248, 527-534 (2005).
23. M. Sciamanna, F. Rogister, P. Mégret, and M. Blondel, "Numerical observation of in-phase and out-of-phase pulses in the polarization modes of a VCSEL operating in the low-frequency fluctuations regime," in Proceedings Symposium of IEEE/LEOS Benelux Chapter (IEEE, 2002), pp. 155-158.
24. Y. Matsui, D. Vakhshoori, P. D. Wang, P. L. Chen, C. C. Lu, M. Jiang, K. Knopp, S. Burroughs, and P. Tayebati, "Complete polarization mode control of long-wavelength tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers over 65-nm tuning, up to 14-mw output power," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 39, 1037-1048 (2003).
25. B. Ryvkin, K. Panajotov, A. Georgievski, J. Danckaert, M. Peeters, and G. Verschaffelt, "Effect of photon-energydependent loss and gain mechanisms on polarization switching in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 2016-2112 (1999).
26. G. Verschaffelt, J. Albert, I. Veretennicoff, J. Danckaert, S. Barbay, G. Giacomelli, and F. Marin, "Frequency response of current-driven polarization modulation in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers," Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 2248-2250 (2002).
27. M. Sciamanna, A. Valle, P. Megret, M. Blondel, and K. Panajotov, "Nonlinear polarization dynamics in directly modulated vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers," Phys. Rev. E 68, 016207 (2003).
28. C. Masoller, M. S. Tbrre, and K. A. Shore, "Polarization dynamics of current-modulated vertical-cavity surfaceemitting lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 43, 1047-1082 (2007).
29. M. S. Torre, C. Masoller, P. Mandel, and K. A. Shore, "Transverse-mode dynamics in directly modulated verticalcavity surface-emitting lasers with optical feedback," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 40, 620-628 (2004).
30. Y. H. Hong, S. Bandyopadhyay, and K. A. Shore, "Spectral signatures of the dynamics of current-modulated verticalcavity surface-emitting lasers subject to optical feedback," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 2350-2356 (2005).
31. Y. H. Hong, J. Paul, P. S. Spencer, and K. A. Shore, "Influence of low-frequency modulation on polarization switching of VCSELs subject to optical feedback," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 44, 30-35 (2008).
32. A. Valle, M. Sciamanna, and K. Panajotov, "Irregular pulsating polarization dynamics in gain-switched verticalcavity surface-emitting lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 44, 136-143 (2008).
33. A. Valle, M. Sciamanna, and K. Panajotov, "Nonlinear dynamics of the polarization of multitransverse mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers under current modulation," Phys. Rev. E 76, 046206 (2007).