Controlling the emission properties of multimode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers via polarization- and frequency-selective feedback

Y. Kouomou Chembo, Shyam K. Mandre, Ingo Fischer, Wolfgang Elsässer, and Pere Colet

Phys. Rev. A 79, 013817 – Published 21 January 2009

Abstract

We investigate a polarization- and frequency-selective feedback scheme to control the emission properties of multimode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. A joint experimental and theoretical approach is used to study the modal and polarization dynamics of the system, with an emphasis on the role of anisotropies. Both experiments and theory reveal that selective feedback of a single transverse mode results in a drastic increase of the selected mode’s intensity. Furthermore, the influence of feeding back a single mode on the other transverse modes is discussed. Experimental measurements and numerical simulations also reveal that the emission and polarization dynamics can be considerably stabilized when this type of feedback is applied.

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Received 16 October 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.79.013817

Authors & Affiliations

Y. Kouomou Chembo^1,2,*, Shyam K. Mandre³, Ingo Fischer⁴, Wolfgang Elsässer³, and Pere Colet²

¹Institut FEMTO-ST (UMR CNRS 6174), Département d’Optique P. M. Duffieux, Université de Franche-Comté, 16 Route du Gray, 25030 Besançon cedex, France
²Instituto de Fısica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos IFISC (CSIC-UIB), Campus Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
³Institute of Applied Physics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Schlossgartenstrasse 7, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
⁴School of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Joint Research Institute of Integrated Systems, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, United Kingdom

^*Corresponding author; yanne.chembo@femto-st.fr

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Vol. 79, Iss. 1 — January 2009

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