Polarization Chaos from a Free-Running Quantum Dot Laser Diode

Martin Virte (1) , Krassimir Panajotov (2) , Marc Sciamanna (3)

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

In this contribution, we demonstrate generation of polarization chaos, i.e. chaotic mode hopping between two elliptically polarized states, in a free-running quantum dot vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser and provide a theoretical framework of the phenomenon.

Martin Virte, Krassimir Panajotov, Marc Sciamanna. Polarization Chaos from a Free-Running Quantum Dot Laser Diode. CLEO Europe 2013, May 2013, Munich, Germany. pp.CB-5.2 TUE. ⟨hal-00925035⟩