• DocumentCode
    2226583
  • Title

    Low power polarization modulation of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

  • Author

    Tan, Meng Peun ; Kasten, Ansas Matthias ; Strand, Timothy ; Choquette, Kent D.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers with anisotropic cavity supports two orthogonal polarizations, and current injection direction selects the dominant polarization. Low-power, high extinction ratio modulation requiring <; 200 mV is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; light polarisation; optical modulation; surface emitting lasers; anisotropic cavity; current injection direction; dominant polarization; low power polarization modulation; orthogonal polarizations; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Apertures; Cavity resonators; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Photonics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950088