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
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