Polarization resolved intensity noise in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers - art. no. 023817

We report explicit analytical and numerical results for the polarization re solved intensity noise of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers operating in the fundamental transverse mode. We describe the fluctuations of the li near and circular polarization components of linearly polarized states on b oth sides of a nonthermal polarization switching. Our description is valid for small and large birefringence and arbitrary values of the spin flip rat e, giving a complete description of the role of these parameters. Normalize d cross-correlation functions for both linear and circular components are d iscussed in detail. They show different degrees of anticorrelated fluctuati ons in different frequency ranges.