Bistability of time-periodic polarization dynamics in a free-running VCSEL

被引：15
作者：
Virte, M. [1 ,2 ]
Sciamanna, M. [2 ]
Mercier, E. [1 ]
Panajotov, K. [1 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Vrije Univ Brussel, Dept Appl Phys & Photon TONA, Brussels Photon Team B Phot, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[2] Supelec Univ Lorraine, OPTEL Res Grp, Lab Mat Opt & Syst LMOPS, F-57070 Metz, France
[3] Inst Solid State Phys, BU-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
来源：
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2014年 / 22卷 / 06期
关键词：
SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS; ANISOTROPIES; MODE;
D O I：
10.1364/OE.22.006772
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We report experimentally a bistability between two limit cycles (i.e. time-periodic dynamics) in a free-running vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser. The two limit cycles originate from a bifurcation on two elliptically polarized states which exhibit a small frequency difference and whose main axes are symmetrical with respect to the linear polarization eigenaxes at threshold. We demonstrate theoretically that this peculiar behavior can be explained in the framework of the spin-flip model model by taking into account a small misalignment between the phase and amplitude anisotropies. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
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页码：6772 / 6777
页数：6
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