In this chapter we outline major principles of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)
design and operation. Basic device properties and generally applicable cavity design rules …

For some time already, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) have emerged from
being a laboratory curiosity to an object of industrial mass production. The main applications …

Oxide-confined vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diodes (VCSELs) are fabricated for
applications in high-performance optical interconnects. Both 980-nm as well as 850-nm …

This work theoretically investigates the possibility of generating amplitude-squeezed light
with high-quantum-efficiency interband cascade lasers. Based on a stochastic approach, we …

Using a streak camera we have measured the three Stokes polarization parameters during a
polarization switch of a vertical-cavity semiconductor laser. The switch occurs along a …

In this chapter we wrap up the experimental and theoretical results on polarization dynamics
of solitary vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Experiments have shown that VCSELs emit …

We report on the observation of periodic modulations in the second-order photon correlation
of single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) in steady-state operations …

An extensive theoretical study was performed on the dynamic behavior of 850-nm-
wavelength oxide-confined fundamental-mode stabilized vertical-cavity surface-emitting …

We report explicit analytical and numerical results for the polarization resolved intensity
noise of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers operating in the fundamental transverse …

We experimentally investigate the influence of polarization switching on the intensity noise
of transverse single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. We show that a polarization …