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Phys. Rev. A 68, 013813 (2003) [8 pages]

Polarization-mode hopping in single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers: Theory and experiment

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Bob Nagler1,*, Michael Peeters1, Jan Albert1, Guy Verschaffelt1, Krassimir Panajotov1,†, Hugo Thienpont1, Irina Veretennicoff1, Jan Danckaert1, Sylvain Barbay2,‡, Giovanni Giacomelli2,3, and Francesco Marin3,4
1Department of Applied Physics and Photonics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium
2Instituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata (INOA), Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy
3INFM, Unità di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
4Dipartimento di Fisica and LENS, Università di Firenze, via Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

Received 19 December 2002; published 15 July 2003

In this paper, we present a theoretical and experimental analysis of stochastic effects observed in polarization switching vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. We make a thorough comparison between theoretical predictions and experiments, comparing measured quasipotentials and dwell times. The correspondence between our theoretical model based on stochastic intensity rate equations and the experiments is found to be very good.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.68.013813
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.68.013813
PACS:
42.60.Mi, 42.55.Px, 42.65.Sf, 42.50.-p

*Electronic address: Bob.Nagler@vub.ac.be; URL: http://www.tona.vub.ac.be

†Permanent address: Institute of Solid State Physics, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria.

‡Present address: Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, CNRS–UPR 20, Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France.

 
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