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Polarization dynamics and low-frequency fluctuations in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers subjected to optical feedback

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The dynamics of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with isotropic optical feedback from a distant reflector is studied experimentally and numerically. Low-frequency fluctuations with sudden drop-outs of power are found to be qualitatively independent of the amount of excitation of the second polarization component. The latter is shown to be controlled to a great extent by the intrinsic dichroism of the solitary laser. The experimental findings are in very good qualitative agreement with simulations. The characteristic features of a doublet in the radio-frequency spectra around the external-cavity round-trip frequency are discussed.

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  1. Institut für Angewandte Physik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 2/4, 48149, Münster, Germany

    T. Ackemann & M. Sondermann

  2. Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Scaryna Prospekt 70, 220072, Minsk, Belarus

    A. Naumenko & N.A. Loiko

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Ackemann, T., Sondermann, M., Naumenko, A. et al. Polarization dynamics and low-frequency fluctuations in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers subjected to optical feedback. Appl. Phys. B 77, 739–746 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1348-7

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