Polarisation-resolved chaos and instabilities in a vertical cavity surface emitting laser subject to optical injection

• Published in: Optics communications Vol. 216; no. 1; pp. 185 - 189
• Main Authors: Hong, Y., Spencer, P.S., Bandyopadhyay, S., Rees, P., Shore, K.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.02.2003; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Dynamical laser instabilities; noisy laser behavior; Dynamics of nonlinear optical systems; optical instabilities, optical chaos and complexity, and optical spatio-temporal dynamics; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Laser optical systems: design and operation; Lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optics; Physics; Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes; Vertical cavity laser; Optical injection; Optical polarization; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Injection locking; Experimental study; Nonlinear optics; Chaotic systems
• ISSN: 0030-4018; 1873-0310
• DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(02)02296-4

Instabilities in the polarisation-resolved output of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to optical injection have been investigated experimentally. It is found that regions of chaotic behaviour exist for both positive and negative detuning from the stable injection locking regime. Outside the chaos regimes, several nonlinear dynamical phenomena including frequency pushing, nearly degenerate four-wave mixing (NDFWM), injection locking, limit cycle and period doubling, were also observed.