Investigation of polarization properties of VCSELs subject to optical feedback from an extremely short external cavity - Part I: Theoretical analysis

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作者
Arteaga, MA [1 ]
Unold, HJ
Ostermann, JM
Michalzik, R
Thienpont, H
Panajotov, K
机构
[1] Vrije Univ Brussel, Dept Appl Phys & Photon, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[2] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Inst Quantum Elect, Dept Phys, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
[3] Univ Ulm, Optoelect Dept, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
关键词
extremely short external cavity; optical feedback; polarization control and stabilization; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL);
D O I
10.1109/JQE.2005.861622
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A two modes rate equation model for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) subject to optical feedback from an extremely short external cavity (ESEC) is presented. By making use of it we develop a map of bistability to investigate the parametric dependence of polarization properties of VCSELs in such configuration, finding out a periodic dependence of the polarization switching (PS) currents on the ESEC length. By increasing the external mirror reflectivity we can make this periodic dependence stronger and strongly asymmetric providing the possibility to prevent PS for any injection current achieving polarization stabilization in VCSELs. Further numerical simulations with isotropic and non isotropic feedback show how parameters as the compression coefficients, the frequency splitting between the linearly polarized (LP) modes, the differential gain and the top mirror reflection coefficient, affect the map of bistability.
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页码:89 / 101
页数:13
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