Polarization dynamics of birefringent index-guided vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3283, Issue , 1998, Pages 280-291

  Valle, Angel ^a   Martín Regalado, Josep ^b   Pesquera, Luis ^a   Balle, Salvador ^b   San Miguel, Maxi ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Polarization modulation; Polarization switching; Spatial hole burning; Spin flip relaxation; Transverse modes; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CIVIL AVIATION; DYNAMICS; LASERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; SURFACE RELAXATION;

POLARIZATION MODULATION; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; SPATIAL HOLE BURNING; SPIN-FLIP RELAXATION; TRANSVERSE MODES; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS;

MODULATION;

EID: 0347771219     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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