Optimized integrated surface grating design for polarization-stable VCSELs

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 690-698

  Ostermann, Johannes Michael ^a   Debernardi, Pierluigi ^b   Michalzik, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical gratings; Polarization control; Semiconductor laser modeling; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247498223     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.876721     Document Type: Article

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