Polarization of eigenmodes in laser diode waveguides on semipolar and nonpolar GaN

Rass, Jens and Wernicke, Tim and Scheibenzuber, Wolfgang G. and Schwarz, Ulrich T. and Kupec, Jan and Witzigmann, Bernd and Vogt, Patrick and Einfeldt, Sven and Weyers, Markus and Kneissl, Michael (2010) Polarization of eigenmodes in laser diode waveguides on semipolar and nonpolar GaN. PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI-RAPID RESEARCH LETTERS, 4 (1-2). pp. 1-3. ISSN 1862-6254,

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Abstract

Recent calculations of the eigenmodes in waveguides grown on semipolar GaN suggest that the optical polarization of the emitted light as well as the optical gain depends on the orientation of the resonator. Our measurements on separate confinement heterostructures on semipolar (11 (2) over bar 2) and (10 (1) over bar2) GaN show that for laser resonators along the semipolar [1123] and [0 (1) over bar 11] directions (i.e. the projection of the c-axis onto the I plane of growth) the threshold,for amplified spontaneous emission is lower than for the nonpolar direction and that the stimulated emission is linearly polarized as TE mode. For the waveguide structures along the nonpolar [1 (1) over bar 00] or [11 (2) over bar0] direction on the other hand, birefringence and anisotropy of the optical gain in the plane of growth leads not only to a higher threshold but also to a rotation of the optical polarization which is not any more TE- or TM-polarized but influenced by the ordinary and extraordinary refractive index of the material. We observe stimulated emission into a mode which is linearly polarized in extraordinary direction nearly parallel to the c-axis. (C) 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: SEMICONDUCTORS;
Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
Divisions: Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors > Group Ulrich Schwarz
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 10 Aug 2020 09:17
Last Modified: 10 Aug 2020 09:17
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/25260

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