Polarization switching in quantum-well vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 21 (5) , 351-353
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.21.000351
Abstract
Switching between linearly polarized states of slightly different optical frequencies with the same transverse-mode pattern is found, as the injection current is increased. Switchings found here for semiconductor rate-equation models incorporating a vector electric field, birefringence, and the α factor are similar to previously reported experimental results.Keywords
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