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

Authors :: Jan Danckaert
Michael Peeters
G. Van der Sande
Krassimir Panajotov
Irina Veretennicoff
Salvador Balle
Source :: EQEC '05. European Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005..
Publication Year :: 2006
Publisher :: IEEE, 2006.
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.

Subjects :: Materials science
Condensed matter physics
business.industry
Physics::Optics
Optical polarization
Laser
Polarization (waves)
Spectral line
law.invention
Stress (mechanics)
Planar
law
Thermal
Optoelectronics
business
Quantum well

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