Theoretical-experimental study of the vectorial modal properties of polarization-stable multimode grating VCSELs

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1340-1348

  Debernardi, Pierluigi ^a   Ostermann, Johannes Michael ^a,b   Sondermann, Markus ^c,d   Ackemann, Thorsten ^c,e   Bava, Gian Paolo ^a   Michalzik, Rainer ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic modeling; Polarization control; Semiconductor laser; Surface grating; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DICHROISM; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; POLARIZATION CONTROL; SURFACE GRATING;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 35348942395     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.904165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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