Random polarization switching in gain-switched VCSELs for quantum random number generation

A Quirce, A Valle - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we report an experimental and theoretical study of the random excitation of the
linearly polarized modes of a gain-switched VCSEL characterized by having polarization …

Two polarization comb dynamics in vcsels subject to optical injection

Y Doumbia, D Wolfersberger, K Panajotov… - Photonics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Optical frequency comb technologies have received intense attention due to their numerous
promising applications ranging from optical communications to optical comb spectroscopy …

Tailoring frequency combs through VCSEL polarization dynamics

Y Doumbia, D Wolfersberger, K Panajotov… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We investigate experimentally the nonlinear polarization dynamics of a VCSEL subject to
optical injection of a frequency comb. By tuning the polarization of the injected comb to be …

Self-starting VCSEL-based optical frequency comb generator

CD Muñoz, M Varón, F Destic, A Rissons - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we present the simulation and experimental results of the first closed-loop
system based on a directly modulated VCSEL in a gain-switching condition to generate …

Characterization of the polarization fluctuations in gain-switched VCSELs for quantum random number generation

A Quirce, A Valle, M Valle-Miñón… - Journal of the Optical …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We report a characterization of the polarization fluctuations observed when gain-switching
vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for quantum random number generation …

Microwave frequency comb generation through optical double-locked semiconductor lasers

M AlMulla - Optik, 2020 - Elsevier
A microwave frequency comb (MFC) consists of equally spaced discrete microwave
frequency components that have small magnitude variations across its bandwidth. In this …

Quantum-dot spin-VCSELs subject to optical injection and feedback for flexible photonic millimeter wave generation

Z Shen, Y Huang, P Zhou, P Mu, X Zhu, N Li - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel microwave and millimeter wave signal generation system is proposed and
numerically demonstrated using an optically pumped quantum dot (QD) spin-polarized …

Narrow linewidth VCSEL based on resonant optical feedback from an on-chip microring add-drop filter

L Jiang, L Shi, J Luo, Q Gao, T Lan, L Huang, T Zhu - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a narrow linewidth vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) by
injecting resonant optical feedback into the lasing cavity. A single longitudinal mode VCSEL …

Generation of broadband optical frequency comb based on a gain-switching 1550 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser under optical injection

H Ren, L Fan, N Liu, Z Wu, G **a - Photonics, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this work, broadband optical frequency comb (OFC) generation by a gain-switching
vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to optical injection is investigated …

Generation of Wideband Optical Frequency Comb with Coincident Polarization Based on Gain-Switched Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser under Orthogonal …

WY Yang, ZF Jiang, B Cui, YH ** - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A system framework of wideband optical frequency comb (OFC) with coincident polarization
is numerically analyzed based on a gain-switched vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser …