TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamics of polarized optical injection in 1550-nm VCSELs
T2 - theory and experiments
AU - Al-Seyab, Rihab
AU - Schires, Kevin
AU - Ali Khan, Nadir
AU - Hurtado, Antonio
AU - Henning, Ian D.
AU - Adams, Michael J.
PY - 2011/5/19
Y1 - 2011/5/19
N2 - We report novel theoretical results obtained from combining the method of largest Lyapunov exponent (LLE) with the spin-flip model (SFM), including noise, to model a vertical-cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to polarized optical injection. The LLE is applied to the numerical solutions in order to automatically calculate stability maps that characterize the dynamics. The SFM has been extended and generalized to allow for optical injection of arbitrary polarization. Measurements on a 1550-nm VCSEL have been used to estimate the values of key parameters for use in the model and with these we demonstrate excellent agreement between theory and experiment.
AB - We report novel theoretical results obtained from combining the method of largest Lyapunov exponent (LLE) with the spin-flip model (SFM), including noise, to model a vertical-cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to polarized optical injection. The LLE is applied to the numerical solutions in order to automatically calculate stability maps that characterize the dynamics. The SFM has been extended and generalized to allow for optical injection of arbitrary polarization. Measurements on a 1550-nm VCSEL have been used to estimate the values of key parameters for use in the model and with these we demonstrate excellent agreement between theory and experiment.
KW - Largest Lyapunov Exponent (LLE)
KW - optical injection
KW - spin-flip model (SFM)
KW - stability maps
KW - vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80053964816&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2138683
DO - 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2138683
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80053964816
SN - 1077-260X
VL - 17
SP - 1242
EP - 1249
JO - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
JF - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
IS - 5
ER -