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Polarization Switching of the Vertical-Cavity Surface- Emitting Laser with Optical Feedback

This research accomplished a series of investigations on the polarization switching of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSEL). The research was preceded experimentally and theoretically to observe the variation of the VCSEL¡¦s polarization switching under various polarization optical feedback and various feedback ratios. A VCSEL with significant polarization-switching hysteresis loop was employed in the experiments to study the interaction between the optical feedback and polarization switching. The experimental results matched the theoretical simulations very well. These results could be interpreted with the graphic analysis of the linear gain model of the VCSEL. In the investigation of the polarization-switching hysteresis loop, experiments found that, inside the loop and at some constant current, the polarization switching would be conducted with a switching delay time. The switching delay time was shortened under stronger optical feedback, revealing an exponential dependence between the switching delay time and optical feedback ratio. In the experiments of small current modulation to continuously switch the laser¡¦s polarization, optical feedback could improve the success of the current-driven polarization switching, significantly enhancing its bandwidth. For a large-range tuning of the laser¡¦s current, as the current modulation frequency increased, the polarization-switching current in the increasing-current process would significantly shift toward the high current end, while the polarization-switching current in the decreasing-current process was affected less. These results greatly contribute to the understanding of the VCSEL¡¦s polarization switching.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0624109-154718
Date24 June 2009
CreatorsTsai, Jin-ing
ContributorsDer-Jun Jang, L. W. Tu, Tsu-Chiang Yen, Wang-Chuang Kuo
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0624109-154718
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