High Bit Rate Generation of Low Chirped Pulses from Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers via External Axial Magnetic Field

The possibility of generating low chirped, fast optical pulses with
linear polarization in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers is
numerically explored. We show that, under the influence of an axial
magnetic field, polarization modulation at GHz rates can be achieved
with possible applications in optical clock generation/extraction and
optical communications.