Dynamics of polarized optical injection in 1550-nm VCSELs: theory and experiments

Rihab Al-Seyab; Kevin Schires; Nadir Ali Khan; Antonio Hurtado; Ian D. Henning; Michael J. Adams

doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2138683

Dynamics of polarized optical injection in 1550-nm VCSELs: theory and experiments

Rihab Al-Seyab^*, Kevin Schires, Nadir Ali Khan, Antonio Hurtado, Ian D. Henning, Michael J. Adams

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1242-1249
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume	17
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2138683
Publication status	Published - 19 May 2011

Keywords

Largest Lyapunov Exponent (LLE)
optical injection
spin-flip model (SFM)
stability maps
vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)

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