title: Intensity and polarization self-pulsations in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers.
abstract: We implement a dynamic model that describes the polarization behavior in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers that contain an absorbing region surrounding the active zone. We find four regions of qualitatively different behavior: stable linearly polarized operation, intensity pulsations of a linearly polarized component, pulsations of both total-intensity and polarization components, and polarization self-pulsation with constant total intensity. We characterize the four regions by computing the polarization-resolved optical and power spectra. The predicted behavior agrees with recent experimental results.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sciré
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mulet
authors.forename: Claudio R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Mirasso
authors.forename: Maxi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: San Miguel