Power and wavelength polarization bistability with very wide hysteresis cycles in a 1550nmVCSEL subject to orthogonal optical injection

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 23637-23642

  Hurtado, Antonio ^a   Quirce, Ana ^b   Valle, Angel ^b   Pesquera, Luis ^b   Adams, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TRANSCEIVERS;

1550 NM; ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; BI-STABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; OPTICAL INJECTION; OPTICAL POWER; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; POLARIZATION BISTABILITY; TRANSVERSE MODE; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER; WAVELENGTH DOMAINS; WIDE HYSTERESIS;

POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHTING; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 73949127489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.023637     Document Type: Article

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