Review Article

Cavity Solitons in VCSEL Devices

Figure 5

Experimental setup. M, high power edge emitter laser; I, current driver stabilized up to 0.01 mA; TO, temperature controller; G, grating; OI, optical diode; FP, Fabry-Perot resonators; AOM, Acousto-optic modulators; SF1, beam expander configurator with spatial filtering; SF2, beam reducer configurator with spatial filtering; S, broad-area vertical cavity surface emitting laser; C, collimator; CCD, camera; PD, Photodetector; PZT, piezoelectric ceramic; M and BS, mirrors and beam splitters; PM, power meter (optional); 𝜆 / 4 , 𝜆 / 2 wave plates; P, polarizers; OF and MONO, optical fiber and monochromator.
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