Polarisation switching in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers: From experimental observations to applications

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-268

  Verschaffelt, G ^a   Panajotov, K ^a   Albert, J ^a   Nagler, B ^a   Peeters, M ^a   Danckaert, J ^a   Veretennicoff, I ^a   Thienpont, H ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Polarisation; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011128377     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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