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Opt Lett. 2017 Jun 01;42(11):2130-2133. doi: 10.1364/OL.42.002130.

Polarization dynamics induced by parallel optical injection in a single-mode VCSEL.

Optics letters

Florian Denis-le Coarer, Ana Quirce, Ángel Valle, Luis Pesquera, Marc Sciamanna, Hugo Thienpont, Krassimir Panajotov

PMID: 28569864 DOI: 10.1364/OL.42.002130

Abstract

We report an experimental study of the polarization nonlinear dynamics in a 1550 nm single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to parallel optical injection. Experimentally measured stability maps identifying regions of different nonlinear dynamics for various values of bias current are reported. We show that VCSELs with more than a 35 dB polarization mode suppression ratio can have rich nonlinear dynamics in both linear polarizations, including periodic and chaotic behaviors appearing simultaneously in both polarization modes.

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