BALLE , Salvador

We show experimentally that a electrically biased 200 $\mu m$ multi-transverse mode VCSEL can be passively mode locked using optical feedback from a distant Resonant Saturable Absorber Mirror (RSAM). Optical feedback from RSAM selects a tilted wave propagating along the transverse section of the VCSEL and leading to mode-locking of the external...

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We study the polarization-resolved dynamics of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with mode-matched and polarization-preserving optical feedback. The total power can display low-frequency fluctuations, which are associated with drops in power of the dominant linearly polarized mode and with bursts of power of the depressed mode. However,...

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