Control of polarization switching in a VCSEL via resonant feedback from a whispering-gallery-mode cavity

Lidan Jiang, Leilei Shi, Dongmei Huang, Jing Luo, Qirui Gao, Tianyi Lan, Miaoxin Bai, Jiali Li, Laiyang Dang, Ligang Huang, Ming Deng, Guolu Yin, Tao Zhu

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Abstract

We report a method for flexibly switching the dominant polarization of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) by introducing polarization-resolved resonant optical feedback from a whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) cavity to the lasing cavity. Switching between the originally dominant mode and a side mode is experimentally demonstrated under different bias currents once one of them is locked to the resonance mode of the WGM cavity. In addition to a controllable polarization state, the reported VCSEL also demonstrates a linewidth as narrow as tens of kilohertz, which is highly desirable for many applications, including high-speed data communication, light detection and ranging (lidar), and absorption spectroscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)862-865
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Letters
Volume47
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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