Polarization Selection in Birefringent Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide-Type Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

Siu Fung Yu

doi:10.1109/JQE.2003.818314

Polarization Selection in Birefringent Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide-Type Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

Siu Fung Yu

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Abstract

The influence of spatial hole burning and thermal lensing effects on the polarization selection mechanism of the birefringent antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW) type vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) is studied. Competition between the two orthogonal polarizations with a similar fundamental lateral-mode profile, arising from refractive index anisotropies inside the laser cavities, is considered in the analysis. It can be shown that the single-mode operation of ARROW VCSELs is more stable than that of simplified-ARROW VCSELs provided that strong confinement of injection current as well as minimization of thermal lensing effects can be realized. In addition, a small refractive index difference is adequate to ensure stable single-mode operation in ARROW VCSELs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1362-1371
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume	39
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2003.818314
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Birefringence
Optical polarization
Semiconductor laser modeling
Spatial hole burning
Thermal lensing effect
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Polarization Selection in Birefringent Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide-Type Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

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