Polarization switching and modulation dynamics in gain- and index-guided VCSELs

Guy Verschaffelt; Jan Albert; Michael Peeters; Krassimir P. Panajotov; Jan Danckaert; Irina P. Veretennicoff; Hugo Thienpont; Fabrice Monti di Sopra; Sven Eitel; Rainer Hoevel; Michael Moser; Hans P. Zappe; Karlheinz H. Gulden

doi:10.1117/12.384382

1 May 2000 Polarization switching and modulation dynamics in gain- and index-guided VCSELs

Guy Verschaffelt, Jan Albert, Michael Peeters, Krassimir P. Panajotov, Jan Danckaert, Irina P. Veretennicoff, Hugo Thienpont, Fabrice Monti di Sopra, Sven Eitel, Rainer Hoevel, Michael Moser, Hans P. Zappe, Karlheinz H. Gulden

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Proceedings Volume 3946, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers IV; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384382
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronics, 2000, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In this contribution, we bring forward and compare the polarization switching (PS) dynamics and the polarization modulation characteristics of gain- and index-guided VCSELs. We then discuss the steady-state and dynamic characteristics of both types of VCSELs. Finally we focus on the polarization modulation limit and the average mode hopping frequency, which both scale over 8 orders of magnitude when the switching current is varied from just above threshold up to 2 times the threshold current.

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Guy Verschaffelt, Jan Albert, Michael Peeters, Krassimir P. Panajotov, Jan Danckaert, Irina P. Veretennicoff, Hugo Thienpont, Fabrice Monti di Sopra, Sven Eitel, Rainer Hoevel, Michael Moser, Hans P. Zappe, and Karlheinz H. Gulden "Polarization switching and modulation dynamics in gain- and index-guided VCSELs", Proc. SPIE 3946, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers IV, (1 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384382

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