Suppression of Polarization Switching in Birefringent Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

N. S. Chen; Siu Fung Yu; C. W. Tee

doi:10.1109/LPT.2004.823748

Suppression of Polarization Switching in Birefringent Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

N. S. Chen, Siu Fung Yu, C. W. Tee

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Abstract

Influence of birefringence on the multimode operation of antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW) vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) is analyzed. It can be shown that polarization switching is mainly due to thermal lensing effects. Hence, a new design rule is proposed to optimize the dimensions of ARROW for the suppression of polarization switching. Using the optimized design, the maximum single-polarization output power of VCSELs can be tripled. In addition, it is shown that the performance of the optimized ARROW VCSELs will not be deteriorated by the uncertainty of birefringence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	711-713
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	16
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2004.823748
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW)
Birefringence
Multitransverse modes
Polarization switching
Semiconductor laser modeling
Spatial hole burning (SHB)
Thermal tensing effects
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Suppression of Polarization Switching in Birefringent Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

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