Tailoring of polarization bistable characteristics in birefringent ARROW VCSEL

Author

Neo, P.L. ; Yu, S.F. ; Wilkinson, T.D.

Author_Institution

Eng. Dept., Cambridge Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

Sept. 2006

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

66

Abstract

The polarization testability characteristics of an ARROW VCSEL, which has different X- and Y-polarized lateral profiles is modeled and juxtaposed with its equivalent index-guided VCSEL. It is found that the addition of ARROW allows the tailoring of the polarization bistability characteristics by varying the cladding thicknesses

Keywords

birefringence; claddings; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical bistability; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; waveguide lasers; X-polarized lateral profiles; Y-polarized lateral profiles; birefringent ARROW VCSEL; cladding thicknesses; equivalent index-guided VCSEL; polarization bistable characteristics; polarization testability characteristics; Birefringence; Hysteresis; Optical bistability; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical saturation; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Numerical Simulation of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, 2006. NUSOD '06. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore, China

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9755-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NUSOD.2006.306743

Filename

4098783