Spontaneously appearing polarization singularities in vertical-cavity lasers with feedback

Ackemann, Thorsten and Guillet, Thierry; (2021) Spontaneously appearing polarization singularities in vertical-cavity lasers with feedback. In: 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC). IEEE Explore . IEEE, Piscataway, NJ.. ISBN 9781665418768 (https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC52157.2021...)

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Abstract

Topological states of fluids of light in nonlinear optical devices are attracting a lot of attention. Interest shifts to "fully structured light" with complex intensity, phase and polarization structure [1] . Vector vortex beams (VVB) have singularities in their director field leading to a spatially inhomogeneous polarization structure. As the simultaneous presence of different polarization states demands a high isotropy of the optical setup, their spontaneous emergence is very uncommon but they have been predicted [2] and observed [3] in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL). In Ref. [3] it was concluded that many (potentially all) different VVB exist but their mutual stability is dictated by small residual anisotropies. In this contribution, we are investigating this by introducing a controlled anisotropy via a half-wave plate (HWP).

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Ackemann, Thorsten ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2727-7395 and Guillet, Thierry;
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:81395
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    30 September 2021
    Published
    26 March 2021
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:07 Jul 2022 13:00
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 15:29
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/81395
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