The effects of stress, temperature, and spin flips on polarization switching in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 898-906

  Van Der Sande, Guy ^a,b   Peeters, Michael ^a   Veretennicoff, Irina ^a   Danckaert, Jan ^a   Verschaffelt, Guy ^b   Balle, Salvador ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Numerical analysis; Optical polarization; Quantum theory; Stress; Surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SUSCEPTIBILITY; EXPLICIT FORM; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; GAIN CURVE; MESOSCOPIC FRAMEWORK; OPTICAL POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; QUANTUM WELL; SPIN CARRIERS; SPIN FLIP; THERMAL SHIFT; UNIAXIAL PLANAR STRESS; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

LASER THEORY; LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SURFACES;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 34548162040     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.879816     Document Type: Article

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