Polarization properties of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers subject to feedback with variably rotated polarization angle

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 5176-5183

  Xiang, Shuiying ^a   Pan, Wei ^a   Yan, Lianshan ^a   Luo, Bin ^a   Jiang, Ning ^a   Yang, Lei ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; POLARIZATION; TRANSCEIVERS;

COMPLEMENTARY PROPERTY; CONSTANT VALUES; CRITICAL ANGLES; DOMINANT POLARIZATION; FEEDBACK STRENGTH; POLARIZATION ANGLE; POLARIZATION MODES; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 70349484970     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.005176     Document Type: Article

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