Macroscopic versus microscopic description of polarization properties of optically anisotropic vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 956-970

  Burak, D ^a,b   Moloney, J V ^c   Binder, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAGG CELLS; CAVITY RESONATORS; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS; LASER STABILITY; OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0034246028     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.853556     Document Type: Article

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