Laterally oxidized vertical-cavity lasers with stable polarization

Christopher L. Chua; Robert L. Thornton; David W. Treat; Rose M. Donaldson

doi:10.1117/12.345433

14 April 1999 Laterally oxidized vertical-cavity lasers with stable polarization

Christopher L. Chua, Robert L. Thornton, David W. Treat, Rose M. Donaldson

Proceedings Volume 3626, Testing, Packaging, Reliability, and Applications of Semiconductor Lasers IV; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.345433
Event: Optoelectronics '99 - Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We disclose a method of eliminating the polarization instability in laterally-oxidized vertical-cavity surface- emitting lasers. By employing an appropriately-shaped device aperture, we are able to make the lasers operate in a single polarization direction through their entire L-I curve.

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Christopher L. Chua, Robert L. Thornton, David W. Treat, and Rose M. Donaldson "Laterally oxidized vertical-cavity lasers with stable polarization", Proc. SPIE 3626, Testing, Packaging, Reliability, and Applications of Semiconductor Lasers IV, (14 April 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.345433

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