Experimental study of transverse mode selection in VCSELs induced by parallel polarized optical injection

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-473

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Injection locking; Optical injection; Transverse modes; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)

Indexed keywords

BISTABLES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HIGHER ORDER; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; INJECTED POWER; INJECTED SIGNAL; INJECTION-LOCKING; OPTICAL INJECTION; PARALLEL POLARIZATION; QUALITATIVE BEHAVIOR; SELECTION PROCESS; TRANSVERSE MODE; TRANSVERSE MODE SELECTION; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER; WAVELENGTH DETUNING;

LASERS; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 77249172191     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2036270     Document Type: Article

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