1979 / Numerical method
Pochi Yeh
Represents the coupled electromagnetic fields in a matrix formulation for birefringent layers.
Summary & commentary →: Electromagnetic propagation in birefringent layered media 1998 / Numerical method
H. Benisty, R. Stanley & M. Mayer
Introduces source terms within a layered optical description.
Summary & commentary →: Method of source terms for dipole emission modification in modes of arbitrary planar structures 2005 / Theory & simulationPreprint
C. Lechner & U. Rössler
Extends semiconductor Bloch equations with spin and electron–hole exchange beyond a Hartree–Fock truncation.
Summary & commentary →: The spin-dependent semiconductor Bloch equations: a microscopic theory of Bir-Aronov-Pikus spin-relaxation 2010 / Numerical method
L. Ge, Y. D. Chong & A. D. Stone
Uses self-consistent steady-state laser equations and a threshold constant-flux basis.
Summary & commentary →: Steady-state ab initio laser theory: Generalizations and analytic results 2017 / Theory & simulation
P. E. Faria Junior, G. Xu, Y.-F. Chen, G. M. Sipahi & I. Žutić
Calculates spin-dependent gain for wurtzite quantum wells and connects it to rate equations.
Summary & commentary →: Wurtzite spin lasers 2018 / Research thesisThesis
Přemysl Ciompa
Combines RCWA, scattering matrices and coherence-transforming matrices, with separate demonstrations for gratings and dipole layers.
Summary & commentary →: Modeling of passive and active optical periodic structures 2023 / Theory & simulation
M. Drong, J. Peřina Jr., T. Fördös, H. Y. Jaffrès, K. Postava & H.-J. Drouhin
Extends the spin-flip model and studies polarization dynamics near exceptional points.
Summary & commentary →: Spin vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with linear gain anisotropy: Prediction of exceptional points and nontrivial dynamical regimes 2025 / Experiment
V. Torrelli, M. C. G. Alasio, M. D’Alessandro … P. Debernardi (9 authors)
Models heat sources and the connection between temperature, thermal lensing and optical modes.
Summary & commentary →: Modeling Self-Heating in High-Power Single-Mode Phase-Coupled Linear VCSEL Arrays 2025 / Experiment
H. Lu, O. Alkhazragi, H. Lin, T. K. Ng & B. S. Ooi
Studies cavity geometries experimentally and uses 3D passive FEM mode calculations for interpretation.
Summary & commentary →: Shaping the light of VCSELs through cavity geometry design 2025 / Theory & simulation
Aleksei Belonovskii, Elizaveta Girshova, Erkki Lähderanta & Mikhail Kaliteevski
Trains transformer models on simulated Fabry–Pérot, DBR and VCSEL configurations.
Summary & commentary →: Predicting VCSEL Emission Properties using Transformer Neural Networks 2025 / Experiment
T. Almabetov, P. Androvitsaneas, Z. Ren, A. Young, R. Oulton & E. Harbord
Pumps at 794 and 810 nm and measures the resulting polarization response at room temperature.
Summary & commentary →: Room temperature spin injection into commercial VCSELs at non-resonant wavelengths 2026 / Experiment
K. Seegert, R. Gajardo, G. Huyet, F. Raineri & G. Madiot
Uses asymmetric optical pumping of waveguide-coupled InP nanocavities and a carrier rate-equation model.
Summary & commentary →: Dynamical Control of Non-Hermitian Coupling between Subthreshold Nanolasers Enables Q-Switched Pulse Generation 2026 / Numerical methodPreprint
E. Yang, Q. Song & W. Cai
Builds scattering operators from boundary fields instead of internal eigenmodes.
Summary & commentary →: Differentiable eigendecomposition-free RCWA for full-tensor anisotropic photonics 2026 / Numerical method
B. Martinez de Aguirre Jokisch, A. Cerjan, R. E. Christiansen, J. Mørk, O. Sigmund & S. G. Johnson
Combines SALT, high-Q perturbation theory and coupled-mode theory into a reciprocal-solve objective.
Summary & commentary →: Efficient First-Principles Inverse Design of Nanolasers 2026 / Theory & simulation
Yichuan Xiong, Yu Huang, Pei Zhou, Kuenyao Lau & Nianqiang Li
Models period-one dynamics in a pair of coupled spin-VCSELs.
Summary & commentary →: Reconfigurable Millimeter-Wave Generation via Mutually Injected Spin-VCSELs 2026 / Experiment
A. Herrero Otermin, N. Carlon Zambon, A. Bieganowska, F. Jabeen, L. Viña & C. Antón-Solanas
Patterns a GaAs/InGaAs microcavity and combines polarization-resolved measurements with modal and rate-equation models.
Summary & commentary →: Spin-polarized lasing in a photonic lattice