Low-switching-energy and high-repetition-frequency all-optical flip-flop operations of a polarization bistable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

2006 ◽  
Vol 88 (10) ◽  
pp. 101102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Mori ◽  
Yasuhiro Yamayoshi ◽  
Hitoshi Kawaguchi
Keyword(s):  
Repetition Frequency ◽  
Cavity Surface ◽  
Flip Flop ◽  
High Repetition ◽  
Switching Energy ◽  
All Optical ◽  
Vertical Cavity Surface ◽  
Surface Emitting Laser ◽  
Vertical Cavity

Amplification of optical signals in a bistable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser by vibrational resonance

2021 ◽  
Vol 379 (2192) ◽  
pp. 20200241 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. N. Chizhevsky
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Optical Switching ◽  
Optical Interferometry ◽  
Cavity Surface ◽  
Vibrational Resonance ◽  
Optical Signals ◽  
All Optical ◽  
Vertical Cavity Surface ◽  
Surface Emitting Laser ◽  
Vertical Cavity

The paper presents the results of the experimental study of an application of the phenomenon of vibrational resonance (VR) for enhancement of the response of a bistable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) to the effect of optical modulating signals. Specifically, two different cases were investigated: (a) the control of all-optical switching caused by a modulated orthogonal optical injection from another VCSEL and (b) the amplification of autodyne signals from a vibrating diffusely reflecting surface in the self-mixing optical interferometry. It is experimentally demonstrated that an application of the phenomenon of VR in both cases studied leads to a strong amplification of the input optical signals by a factor from 10 to 200 depending on the experimental conditions with respect to the initial values. The effect of the asymmetry of a bistable potential on the amplification factor was also studied. The results obtained can be used to improve all-optical switchings for application in communication systems and enhancement of autodyne signals in self-mixing optical interferometry. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Vibrational and stochastic resonance in driven nonlinear systems (part 1)’.

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