Title :
The effect of in-plane uniaxial strain on polarization switching in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
Author :
Panajotov, K. ; Verschaffelt, G. ; Albert, J. ; Nagler, B. ; Peeters, M. ; Danckaert, Jan ; Veretennicoff, Irina ; Thienpont, Hugo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Photonics, Vrije Univ., Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Because of their cylindrical symmetry and surface emission, the material gain and waveguiding anisotropies in VCSELs are small. As a result, polarisation switching (PS) between two orthogonal linearly polarised states is often observed. We study experimentally the effect of in-plane uniaxial strain, resulting from an external stress applied to the VCSEL package.
Keywords :
light polarisation; surface emitting lasers; in-plane uniaxial strain; polarization switching; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; Polarization; Uniaxial strain; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6319-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909798
