Bifurcation to chaotic polarization mode hopping in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Martin Virte (1) , Marc Sciamanna (1) , Krassimir Panajotov (2)

1 OPTEL - Equipe Optique et électronique pour les télécoms
2 TONA - Department of Applied Physics and Photonics [Brussels]

We make an in-depth analysis of a bifurcation scenario that leads to chaotic hopping between two elliptically polarized modes in VCSELs. Our work brings new light on recent experiments using quantum dot VCSELs.

Martin Virte, Marc Sciamanna, Krassimir Panajotov. Bifurcation to chaotic polarization mode hopping in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. OSA Topical Meeting on Nonlinear Photonics, Jun 2012, Colorado Springs, United States. pp.JTu5A.31. ⟨hal-00778590⟩