@InProceedings{Supelec202,
author = {Raƫl Vicente and Josep Mulet and Claudio Mirasso and Marc Sciamanna},
title = {{Polarization switching dynamics and bistability in mutually coupled vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers}},
year = {2006},
booktitle = {{Proceedings of SPIE : Semiconductor Lasers and Laser Dynamics II}},
volume = {6184},
number = {13},
pages = {618413-1-11},
month = {apr},
address = {Strasbourg (France)},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.663622},
doi = {10.1117/12.663622},
abstract = {We theoretically investigate the polarization-resolved dynamics
of two vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers that
are mutually coupled through coherent optical injection. We find
a sequence of bistable polarization switchings that can be
induced by either changing the coupling strength or the optical
propagation phase. The successive polarization switchings are
correlated to the creation of new compound-cavity modes when
these parameters are continuously varied. The switching dynamics
and the role of asymetries are also discussed. }
}