Semiconductor Lasers with Integrated Plasmonic Polarizers
Author(s) -
Zhiyuan Fan,
Qi Jie Wang,
Christian Pflügl,
Laurent Diehl,
Tadataka Edamura,
Sninichi Furuta,
Masamichi Yamanishi,
Hirofumi Kan,
Federico Capasso
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1364/iqec.2009.imd1
Subject(s) - polarizer , laser , optoelectronics , semiconductor laser theory , materials science , plasmon , optics , polarization (electrochemistry) , semiconductor optical gain , semiconductor , physics , chemistry , birefringence
We report control of semiconductor laser polarization by patterning plasmonic structures on the laser facet. Linearly-polarized laser emission along an arbitrary polarization direction and a combination of linearly- and circularly-polarized laser emission are demonstrated.
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