Polarization and transverse-mode nonlinear dynamics in a multimode VCSEL
We theoretically analyze the nonlinear dynamics and routes to chaos in a multimode vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (MM-VCSEL) in free-running operation. Including higher order transverse modes (TMs) results in additional bifurcations at higher currents not found for single-mode VCSELs (SM-VCSELs). The resulting dynamics involve competition between modes with different transverse profiles and polarization and show good qualitative agreement with recent experiments.
Authors
- Stefan Bittner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3651-5762)
- Marc Sciamanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5048-6190)
- Á. Valle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3307-5485)
- Jules Mercadier
- Yohann G. Sanvert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2339-0390)
Institutions
- CentraleSupélec (FR)
- Laboratoire Matériaux Optiques, Photonique et Systèmes (FR)
- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Optics Letters
- Published
- 2025-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.572473
- Primary Topic
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00