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

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 o...

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Autores principales: Averlant, Etienne, Tlidi, Mustapha, Thienpont, Hugo, Ackemann, Thorsten, Panajotov, Krassimir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4742781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26847004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep20428
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Sumario: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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