Review Article

Spin-Controlled Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

Figure 6

Circular polarization degree as a function of the carrier spin polarization in the active region (a). The experiments have been obtained at room temperature for pulsed excitations and show a good agreement with theoretical results based on the SFM for a spin relaxations time of 40 ps. (b) shows the calculated laser characteristics for a carrier spin polarization of 0% and 50%.
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