Optique

Measurement of the coupling constant in a two-frequency VECSEL.

Published on - Optics Express

Authors: V. Pal, P. Trofimoff, B.-X. Miranda, Ghaya Baili, Mehdi Alouini, Loïc Morvan, Daniel Dolfi, Fabienne Goldfarb, Isabelle Sagnes, R. Ghosh, Fabien Bretenaker

We measure the coupling constant between the two perpendicularly polarized eigenstates of a two-frequency Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VECSEL). This measurement is performed for different values of the transverse spatial separation between the two perpendicularly polarized modes. The consequences of these measurements on the two-frequency operation of such class-A semiconductor lasers are discussed.