Polarization switching of mutually coupled vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1276-1282

  Zhang, Wei Li ^a   Pan, Wei ^a   Luo, Bin ^a   Li, Xiao Feng ^a   Zou, Xi Hua ^a   Wang, Meng Yao ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTION LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

POLARIZATION SWITCHING; POLARIZATION-ROTATED INJECTION; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 34347397419     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001276     Document Type: Article

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