title: Bistable polarization switching in mutually coupled vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers.
abstract: We theoretically investigate the polarization-resolved dynamics of two vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers that are mutually coupled through coherent optical injection. We find a sequence of bistable polarization switchings that can be induced by changing either the coupling strength or the optical propagation phase. The successive polarization switchings are correlated with the creation of new compoundcavity modes when these parameters are continuously varied.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física Interdisciplinar, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad de las Islas Baleares, E-07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. raulv@imedea.uib.es
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vicente
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mulet
authors.forename: Claudio R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Mirasso
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sciamanna