The authors have shown complete polarization control of a 12×8-bit matrix-addressed oxide-confined vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) array, which has an unstrained active region emitting at 780 nm. By using a combination of an elliptical-shaped post structure fabricated on misoriented substrate and upper p-side metal lines elongated in the substrate off-direction, we observed complete polarization pinning in an index-guide type array device. All of the VCSELs in this array lased in a fundamental transverse mode and linearly polarized along the <01-1> direction.
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