Polarization behavior and mode structure of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers with elliptical surface relief

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4994, Issue , 2003, Pages 127-138

  Panajotov, Krassimir ^a,b   Camarena, Miren ^a   Moreno, Maria Cristina ^a   Unold, Heiko J ^c   Michalzik, Rainer ^c   Thienpont, Hugo ^a   Danckaert, Jan ^a   Veretennicoff, Irina ^a   Verschaffelt, Guy ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic strain; Polarization behavior; Surface relief; VCSELs; Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

MODE STRUCTURE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0141567961     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475729     Document Type: Conference Paper

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