Transverse Mode Selection and Bistability in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers Induced by Parallel Polarized Optical Injection

Salvide, Matias F.; Torre, M. S.; Valle, A.; Pesquera, L.

doi:10.1109/jqe.2010.2098018

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“…Transmission distance as high as 90 km was achieved at 10 Gb/s by frequency chirp inversion and higher order transverse mode suppression [19]. Suppression of higher-order transverse modes in VCSELs induced by optical injection has been studied from experimental [19][20][21][22][23][24][25] and theoretical [24][25][26][27][28][29][30] points of view. Optical injection experiments in VCSELs have been usually performed using two different configurations.…”

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“…Both, parallel [20][21][22] and orthogonal [23][24][25] optical injection have been used in experiments to suppress higher order transverse modes. Corresponding theoretical studies have been made for orthogonal [24][25] and parallel [26][27][28][29][30] optical injection configurations. Recent experimental and theoretical work on higher order transverse mode suppression in VCSELs induced by parallel optical injection have focused on devices with emission in two transverse modes [23,[29][30].…”

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“…Corresponding theoretical studies have been made for orthogonal [24][25] and parallel [26][27][28][29][30] optical injection configurations. Recent experimental and theoretical work on higher order transverse mode suppression in VCSELs induced by parallel optical injection have focused on devices with emission in two transverse modes [23,[29][30]. The selection of the fundamental mode (and hence, the suppression of the higher order mode) has been achieved when the two transverse modes have parallel polarizations [23,[29][30].…”

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“…Recent experimental and theoretical work on higher order transverse mode suppression in VCSELs induced by parallel optical injection have focused on devices with emission in two transverse modes [23,[29][30]. The selection of the fundamental mode (and hence, the suppression of the higher order mode) has been achieved when the two transverse modes have parallel polarizations [23,[29][30]. Analysis was given of the dependence of the modal selection on the wavelength detuning, ∆λ=λ inj -λ f , where λ inj is the optical injection wavelength and λ f is the wavelength of the fundamental mode.…”

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“…Analysis was given of the dependence of the modal selection on the wavelength detuning, ∆λ=λ inj -λ f , where λ inj is the optical injection wavelength and λ f is the wavelength of the fundamental mode. The injected power needed to induce modal selection exhibited a minimum, P min , at a positive wavelength detuning, ∆λ min [23,30]. It was theoretically shown that both P min , and ∆λ min increase with the VCSEL bias current [30].…”

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Transverse mode selection and injection locking in 1550-nm multimode VCSELs induced by optical injection

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Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XV

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An experimental investigation of the modal selection induced by optical injection in 1550 nm multitransverse-mode VCSELs is performed. The free-running VCSEL emits in two transverse modes that are linearly polarized in a direction referred as parallel. We consider the situation in which parallel polarized laser light is injected in the VCSEL in order to select its fundamental transverse mode. We analyze the dependence of the modal selection process on the wavelength detuning between the externally injected signal and the fundamental mode. The injected power needed to select the fundamental mode as a function of the wavelength detuning is measured for several values of the bias current. This injected power exhibits a minimum at a positive wavelength detuning. The curves obtained for different bias currents are very close for positive and large wavelength detuning, while they are very separated for smaller detuning. The selection of the fundamental mode can be obtained with a value of the injected power that changes only slightly with the bias current when the wavelength detuning is large and positive. These results indicate that operation at large and positive wavelength detuning is of interest in the long-distance single-mode fiber transmission of multimode injection-locked VCSELs because the selection of the fundamental mode is obtained with an injected power that is almost independent on the VCSEL bias current. Both, the minimum injected power and the wavelength detuning at which it appears increase with the VCSEL bias current. We describe the relation between transverse mode selection and injection locking by comparing the dependence of both phenomena on the wavelength detuning. Modal selection is accompanied by injection locking only for large and positive values of the wavelength detuning. For small detuning values, with the VCSEL biased with a low (high) current, the injected power required for modal selection is lower (higher) than that needed for injection locking.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Transverse mode selection and injection locking in 1550-nm multimode VCSELs induced by optical injection

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All-Optical Stochastic Logic Gate Based on a VCSEL With Tunable Optical Injection

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Torre

2013

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

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Abstract-We study the dynamics of a vertical-cavity surfaceemitting laser with continuous-wave orthogonal optical injection from a tunable laser. We use the dynamical properties of polarization bistability and the interplay with internal or external noise to demonstrate numerically a reliable logic output to two logic inputs encoded in the optical frequency of the injected light. This all-optical configuration is more than ten times faster than the electro-optical implementation and has the advantage of operating at constant injection power.

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Transverse Mode Selection and Bistability in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers Induced by Parallel Polarized Optical Injection

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Transverse mode selection and injection locking in 1550-nm multimode VCSELs induced by optical injection

Transverse mode selection and injection locking in 1550-nm multimode VCSELs induced by optical injection

All-Optical Stochastic Logic Gate Based on a VCSEL With Tunable Optical Injection

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