Circular polarization switching and bistability in an optically injected 1300 nm spin-vertical cavity surface emitting laser

Alharthi, S. S. and Hurtado, A. and Korpijarvi, V.-M. and Guina, M. and Henning, I. D. and Adams, M. J. (2015) Circular polarization switching and bistability in an optically injected 1300 nm spin-vertical cavity surface emitting laser. Applied Physics Letters, 106 (2). 021117. ISSN 0003-6951 (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905923)

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Abstract

We report the experimental observation of circular polarization switching (PS) and polarization bistability (PB) in a 1300 nm dilute nitride spin-vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL). We demonstrate that the circularly polarized optical signal at 1300 nm can gradually or abruptly switch the polarization ellipticity of the spin-VCSEL from right-to-left circular polarization and vice versa. Moreover, different forms of PS and PB between right- and left-circular polarizations are observed by controlling the injection strength and the initial wavelength detuning. These results obtained at the telecom wavelength of 1300 nm open the door for novel uses of spin-VCSELs in polarization sensitive applications in future optical systems.

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Hurtado, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4448-9034

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	54630
  Dates:	Date Event January 2015 Published 15 January 2015 Published Online 2 January 2015 Accepted
  Notes:	Copyright (2015) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Alharthi, S. S., Hurtado, A., Korpijarvi, V-M., Guina, M., Henning, I. D., & Adams, M. J. (2015). Circular polarization switching and bistability in an optically injected 1300 nm spin-vertical cavity surface emitting laser. Applied Physics Letters, 106(2), [021117] and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4905923
  Subjects:	Science > Physics
  Department:	Faculty of Science > Physics Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of Photonics
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  Date deposited:	11 Dec 2015 00:42
  Last modified:	05 Dec 2024 01:11
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/54630