ELASTO-OPTIC ANISOTROPY AND POLARIZATION ORIENTATION OF VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS

Authors
VANDOORN AKJ VANEXTER MP WOERDMAN JP
Citation
Akj. Vandoorn et al., ELASTO-OPTIC ANISOTROPY AND POLARIZATION ORIENTATION OF VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS, Applied physics letters, 69(8), 1996, pp. 1041-1043
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
69
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1041 - 1043
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1996)69:8<1041:EAAPOO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We report a new technique to apply strain to a vertical-cavity surface -emitting semiconductor laser. This has allowed us to study the relati on between strain and birefringence. We have found that the correspond ing tensor is anisotropic, with a measured anisotropy 2p(44)/(p(11)-p( 12)) = 4.7 +/- 0.6. This anisotropy explains the natural preference of the polarization for the [110]/[1(1) over bar0$] axes. (C) 1996 Ameri can Institute of Physics.