Impact of orthogonal optical feedback on the polarization switching of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1987-1994

  Paul, Jon ^a   Masoller, Cristina ^b   Hong, Yanhua ^a   Spencer, Paul S ^a   Shore, K Alan ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS CURRENTS; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DICHROISM; LASER MODES; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; POLARIZATION;

ORTHOGONAL OPTICAL FEEDBACK; SPIN-FLIP RELAXATION;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 34548611317     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001987     Document Type: Article

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