Polarization switching in VCSEL's due to thermal lensing

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-8

  Panajotov, Krassimir ^a,b   Ryvkin, Boris ^a,c   Danckaert, Jan ^a   Peeters, Michael ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a   Veretennicoff, Irina ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Polarization switching; Thermal lensing; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL's)

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

POLARIZATION SWITCHING; THERMAL LENSING; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031647029     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.651080     Document Type: Article

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