Abstract

We show by means of analytical and numerical calculations that saturation, in combination with the linewidth-enhancement factor and the finite rate of spin–flip processes, causes a redshift of the spontaneous-emission peak with respect to the off-lasing-mode frequency in the optical spectrum of a quantum-well vertical-cavity surface emitting laser.

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Polarization and transverse-mode dynamics of gain-guided vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

J. Martín-Regalado, S. Balle, and M. San Miguel
Opt. Lett. 22(7) 460-462 (1997)

Mechanisms of polarization switching in single-transverse-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers:?thermal shift and nonlinear semiconductor dynamics

S. Balle, E. Tolkachova, M. San Miguel, J. R. Tredicce, J. Martín-Regalado, and A. Gahl
Opt. Lett. 24(16) 1121-1123 (1999)

Ultrafast polarization dynamics and noise in pulsed vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

E. L. Blansett, M. G. Raymer, G. Khitrova, H. M. Gibbs, D. K. Serkland, A. A. Allerman, and K. M. Geib
Opt. Express 9(6) 312-318 (2001)

Polarization noise in elliptically polarized vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

R. F. M. Hendriks, M. P. van Exter, J. P. Woerdman, L. Weegels, and A. Van Geelen
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16(5) 832-834 (1999)

Spontaneous-emission spectrum of the nonlasing supermodes in semiconductor laser arrays

Holger F. Hofmann and Ortwin Hess
Opt. Lett. 23(5) 391-393 (1998)