title: Direct-current polarization characteristics of various AlGaAs laser diodes.
abstract: Polarization characteristics of AlGaAs laser diodes having various device geometries have been measured. Measurements were performed with the laser diodes operating under dc conditions. Results show that laser diodes having different device geometries have optical outputs that exhibit varying degrees of polarization purity. Implications of this result, with respect to incoherent polarization-beam combining, are addressed.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Fuhr