Vector cavity solitons in broad area Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting lasers

Etienne Averlant; Mustapha Tlidi; Hugo Thienpont; Thorsten Ackemann; Krassimir Panajotov

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Vector cavity solitons in broad area Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting lasers

Etienne Averlant, Mustapha Tlidi, Hugo Thienpont, Thorsten Ackemann, Krassimir Panajotov

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We report the experimental observation of two-dimensional vector cavity solitons in a Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) under linearly polarized optical injection when varying optical injection linear polarization direction. The polarization of the cavity soliton is not the one of the optical injection as it acquires a distinct ellipticity. These experimental results are qualitatively reproduced by the spin-flip VCSEL model. Our findings open the road to polarization multiplexing when using cavity solitons in broad-area lasers as pixels in information technology.

Original language	English
Article number	20428
Number of pages	7
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20428
Publication status	Published - 5 Feb 2016

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laser beams
nonlinear optics
optical solitons
surface emitting lasers
vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

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