title: Experimental and theoretical study of wide hysteresis cycles in 1550 nm VCSELs under optical injection.
abstract: We present experimental results of output power bistability in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser under optical injection induced by frequency detuning or power variation of the master laser. An ultra-wide hysteresis cycle of 3.7 nm (473.3 GHz) is achieved through frequency detuning, which is more than 11 times wider than that achieved in the state-of-the-art (37 GHz). Furthermore, the width of injection power induced hysteresis cycle we achieved is as large as 7.3 dB. We theoretically analyzed the hysteresis cycles based on standard optical injection locking rate equations including the interference effect of master laser reflection and found excellent agreement with experimental results.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Weijian
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Devang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parekh
authors.forename: Connie J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chang-Hasnain
authors.forename: Anshi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zhangyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*