Polarization switching in vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers observed at constant active region temperature
- 23 June 1997
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 70 (25) , 3350-3352
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.119167
Abstract
Polarization switching in gain-guided, vertical-cavity, surface-emitting lasers was studied as a function of the active region temperature. We show that polarization switching occurs even when the active region temperature is kept constant during fast pulse low duty cycle operation. This temperature independent polarization switching phenomenon is explained in terms of a recently developed model.Keywords
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