Fast, electrically controlled polarization modulation of multimode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers by RF frequency modulation

被引：3

作者：

Barve, Ajit V. ^{[1
]}

Zheng, Yan ^{[1
]}

Johansson, Leif A. ^{[1
]}

Mehta, Alok ^{[2
]}

Husain, Anis ^{[2
]}

Coldren, Larry A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Santa Barbara, CA 93117 USA

[2] Ziva Corp, San Diego, CA 92121 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2013年 / 21卷 / 25期

关键词：

DYNAMICS; SUBJECT; VCSELS;

D O I：

10.1364/OE.21.031092

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report on a study of polarization properties of asymmetric, multimode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL) subjected to electrical RF modulation. When subjected to RF modulation, complex frequency-dependent polarization properties, especially near the polarization switching point are revealed. We propose a scheme of rapidly switching the two RF frequencies modulating the VCSEL, in order to achieve fast polarization modulation in these VCSEL. Polarization modulation up to 300 MHz by modulating the RF frequency and up to 1.5 GHz with RF power modulation has been demonstrated; the fastest reported electrically controlled polarization modulation for multimode VCSELs. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：31092 / 31097

页数：6

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