DocumentCode
500496
Title
Stable circularly-polarized emission from vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
Author
Zhang, Fan ; Zhang, Chunfeng ; Xu, Jian ; Lakhtakia, Akhlesh
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng. Sci. & Mech., Penn state Univ., State College, PA, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) comprising a polarization-selective chiral reflector was designed, fabricated, and tested. Stable, single-mode, circularly-polarized (CP) lasing oscillation was achieved, for the first time, in a VCSEL cavity.
Keywords
light polarisation; oscillations; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; lasing oscillation; polarization-selective chiral reflector; stable circularly-polarized emission; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Laser stability; Light sources; Microcavities; Mirrors; Optical films; Optical polarization; Optical surface waves; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength measurement; (140.3948) Microcavity devices; (230.5440) Polarization-selective devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5225905
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