title: Power and wavelength polarization bistability with very wide hysteresis cycles in a 1550 nm-VCSEL subject to orthogonal optical injection.
abstract: We have measured optical power and wavelength polarization bistability in a 1550 nm-Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) subject to orthogonally-polarized optical injection into the orthogonal polarization of the fundamental transverse mode. Optical bistability with very wide hysteresis cycles, up to four times wider than previously reported results has been measured for both the optical power and wavelength domain. We also report the experimental observation of three different shapes of polarization bistability, anticlockwise, clockwise and X-Shape bistability, all of them with wide hysteresis cycles. This rich variety of behaviour at the important wavelength of 1550 nm offers promise for the use of VCSELs for all-optical signal processing and optical switching/routing applications.
authors.affiliation: School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom. ahurt@essex.ac.uk
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hurtado
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quirce
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pesquera
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004735:Energy Transfer; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D008029:Lighting / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*