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

Averlant, Etienne and Tlidi, Mustapha and Thienpont, Hugo and Ackemann, Thorsten and Panajotov, Krassimir (2016) Vector cavity solitons in broad area Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting lasers. Scientific Reports, 6. 20428. ISSN 2045-2322 (https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20428)

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Abstract

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.

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Averlant, Etienne, Tlidi, Mustapha, Thienpont, Hugo, Ackemann, Thorsten ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2727-7395 and Panajotov, Krassimir;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:55648
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    5 February 2016
    Published
    31 December 2015
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:23 Feb 2016 01:04
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 11:20
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/55648
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