• DocumentCode
    2883260
  • Title

    The effect of uniaxial planar stress on the quantum well gain spectra of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and their polarization

  • Author

    Van der Sande, Guy ; Panajotov, Krassmir ; Peeters, Michael ; Veretennicoff, Irina ; Danckaert, Jan ; Balle, Salvador

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Photonics, Vrije Univ., Brussels, Belgium
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    34
  • Abstract
    We derive an analytical approximation for the gain of stressed quantum well lasers at low temperatures. This enables us to unify stress, thermal and spin relaxation effects in one model describing the polarization properties of VCSELs.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; light polarisation; quantum well lasers; stress effects; surface emitting lasers; polarization properties; quantum well gain spectra; spin relaxation effects; stress effects; stressed quantum well lasers; thermal effects; uniaxial planar stress; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical polarization; Quantum well lasers; Stability; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature; Tensile stress; Thermal stresses; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8973-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567206
  • Filename
    1567206