Asymmetric dwell-time statistics of polarization chaos from free-running VCSEL

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

1 VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2 LMOPS - Laboratoire Matériaux Optiques, Photonique et Systèmes
3 TONA - Department of Applied Physics and Photonics [Brussels]

We experimentally report on asymmetric dwell-time statistics of polarization chaos dynamics generated from free-running vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). Theoretically, we explain this behavior by introducing a misalignment between the phase and amplitude anisotropy within the spin-flip model for VCSELs. It induces an asymmetry in the VCSEL polarization behavior which is then responsible for significant changes in the statistics of the chaotic mode-hopping with an increase in the average residence time and an inversion of the dominant mode.

Domains: Nonlinear Sciences [physics]; Chaotic Dynamics [nlin.CD]; Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

Martin Virte, Elodie Mirisola, Marc Sciamanna, Krassimir Panajotov. Asymmetric dwell-time statistics of polarization chaos from free-running VCSEL. Optics Letters, 2015, 40 (8), ⟨10.1364/OL.40.001865⟩. ⟨hal-01270853⟩