Scalable Electro-Optic Control of Localized Bistable Switching in Broad-Area VCSELs Using Reconfigurable Funnel Waveguides

R. Martínez-Lorente*, J. Parravicini, M. Brambilla, L. Columbo, F. Prati, C. Rizza, A. J. Agranat, E. Delre

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Abstract

We demonstrate a steplike optical modulation based on the activation and deactivation of a bistable localized structure using a photoinduced and reconfigurable miniaturized 30×30 μm electroactivated funnel waveguide. Control of a single 10-μm-diameter spot in a 200-μm-diameter vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser at 980 nm is achieved modulating the phase of an exciting beam in the specific position of the spot in the cavity. This localized on-off response can be scaled into arrays and offer a possible route to fast integrated optical logical functions and memory at low intensities at near-infrared wavelengths.

Original languageEnglish
Article number064004
JournalPhysical Review Applied
Volume7
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Jun 2017

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