Coupling of polarization and spatial degrees of freedom of highly divergent emission in broad-area square vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

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Babushkin, I.V. and Schulz-Ruhtenberg, M. and Loiko, N.A. and Huang, K.F. and Ackemann, T. (2008) Coupling of polarization and spatial degrees of freedom of highly divergent emission in broad-area square vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Physical Review Letters, 100 (21). 213901. ISSN 1079-7114 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.213901)

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Abstract

The polarization of highly divergent modes of broad-area square vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers is shown to be only marginally affected by material anisotropies but determined by an interplay of the polarization properties of the Bragg cavity mirrors and of the transverse boundary conditions. This leads to a locking of the polarization direction to the boundaries and its indeterminacy for wave vectors oriented along the diagonal. We point out a non-Poissonian character of nearest-neighbor frequency spacing distribution and the impossibility of single-wave number solutions.

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Babushkin, I.V., Schulz-Ruhtenberg, M., Loiko, N.A., Huang, K.F. and Ackemann, T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2727-7395;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:19627
    Dates:
    Date
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    30 May 2008
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
    Date deposited:27 May 2010 14:22
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 09:21
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/19627
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