Modeling of anisotropic thin-film laser structures

Abstract

Spin-polarized light sources such as the spin-polarized light-emitting diodes (spin-LEDs) and spin-polarized lasers (spin-lasers) are perspective devices in which the radiative recombinations of spin-polarized carriers result in emission of circularly polarized photons. Main goal of this thesis is modeling outside emited field and polarization properties of spin-LED and spin-controled vertical-cavity surface-emiting laser (spin-VCSEL) structures. New approach based 4x4 matrix formalism is derived for modeling of light interaction in resonant multilayer structure. Quantum transitions, which result in photon emission, are described using Jones source vectors.