Polarization switching in vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers observed at constant active region temperature
Date
1997
Authors
MartÃn-Regalado, J., author
Rocca, Jorge J., author
Chilla, J. L. A., author
Brusenbach, P., author
American Institute of Physics, publisher
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Abstract
Polarization switching in gain-guided, vertical-cavity, surface-emitting lasers was studied as a function of the active region temperature. We show that polarization switching occurs even when the active region temperature is kept constant during fast pulse low duty cycle operation. This temperature independent polarization switching phenomenon is explained in terms of a recently developed model.