Polarization-mode hopping in single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers: Theory and experiment

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2003 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.68.013813· OSTI ID:20639964

Nagler, Bob; Peeters, Michael; Albert, Jan; Verschaffelt, Guy; Panajotov, Krassimir; Thienpont, Hugo; Veretennicoff, Irina; Danckaert, Jan ^[1]; Barbay, Sylvain ^[2]; Giacomelli, Giovanni ^[2]; Marin, Francesco ^[3]

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1. Department of Applied Physics and Photonics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, (Belgium)
2. Instituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata (INOA), Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, (Italy)
3. INFM, Unita di Firenze, Firenze, (Italy)

In this paper, we present a theoretical and experimental analysis of stochastic effects observed in polarization switching vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. We make a thorough comparison between theoretical predictions and experiments, comparing measured quasipotentials and dwell times. The correspondence between our theoretical model based on stochastic intensity rate equations and the experiments is found to be very good.

• OSTI ID: 20639964
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 68, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.013813; (c) 2003 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
LASERS
PHOTON EMISSION
POLARIZATION
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
SURFACES
VISIBLE RADIATION