Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are the ideal optical sources for data
communication and sensing. In data communication, large data rates combined with …

The concept of random lasers exploiting multiple scattering of photons in an amplifying
disordered medium in order to generate coherent light without a traditional laser resonator …

In this chapter we outline major principles of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)
design and operation. Basic device properties and generally applicable cavity design rules …

Semiconductor electronics is commonplace in every household. Semiconductor devices
have enabled economically reasonable fiber-based optical communication, optical storage …

In this chapter, we discuss the oscillation conditions for semiconductor lasers and, then,
derive the rate equations, which are the starting points of the study of chaotic dynamics in …

We demonstrate that confined Tamm plasmon modes can be advantageously exploited for
the realization of new kind of metal/semiconductor lasers. Laser emission is demonstrated …

Optical fiber links have become ubiquitous for links at the metropolitan and wide area
distance scales, and have become common alternatives to electrical links in local area …

All-optical binary convolution with a photonic spiking vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
(VCSEL) neuron is proposed and demonstrated experimentally for the first time, to the best …

Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) have made remarkable progress, are being
used across a wide range of consumer electronic applications, and have particularly …

Localized structures (LSs) in dissipative media appear in various fields of natural science
such as biology, chemistry, plant ecology, optics and laser physics. The proposal for this …