Strain-induced birefringence in vertical-cavity semiconductor lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 700-706

  Jansen Van Doom, A K ^a,b   Van Exter, M P ^a   Woerdman, J P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elastooptic effect; Polarization; Semiconductor laser; Strain; Vertical cavity laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000513390     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.663454     Document Type: Article

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