Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
3-2004
Abstract
Influence of birefringence on the multimode operation of antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW) vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) is analyzed. It can be shown that polarization switching is mainly due to thermal lensing effects. Hence, a new design rule is proposed to optimize the dimensions of ARROW for the suppression of polarization switching. Using the optimized design, the maximum single-polarization output power of VCSELs can be tripled. In addition, it is shown that the performance of the optimized ARROW VCSELs will not be deteriorated by the uncertainty of birefringence.
Keywords
Birefringence, Design optimization, Optical polarization, Optical surface waves, Optical waveguides, Surface emitting lasers, Surface waves, Thermal lensing, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Waveguide lasers
Discipline
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Research Areas
Quantitative Finance
Publication
IEEE Photonic Technology Letters
Volume
16
Issue
3
First Page
711
Last Page
713
ISSN
1041-1135
Identifier
10.1109/LPT.2004.823748
Publisher
IEEE
Citation
Chen, N. S.; Yu, S. F.; and TEE, Chyng Wen.
Suppression of polarization switching in birefringent antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. (2004). IEEE Photonic Technology Letters. 16, (3), 711-713.
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2004.823748