H. Li et al., TRANSVERSE-MODES AND PATTERNS OF ELECTRICALLY PUMPED VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS, Chaos, solitons and fractals, 4(8-9), 1994, pp. 1619
Generation of high-order transverse modes and patterns in electrically
pumped vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers (VCSELs)
has been investigated experimentally. Both Gauss-Hermite modes and Ga
uss-Laguerre modes have been observed in large-aperture VCSELs operate
d well above threshold. The experiments show that these spatial patter
ns can be controlled by external light injection.