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ARTICLE SUMMARY / 2025

Room temperature spin injection into commercial VCSELs at non-resonant wavelengths

T. Almabetov, P. Androvitsaneas, Z. Ren, A. Young, R. Oulton & E. Harbord

Semiconductor Science and Technology · 40, 115016

Summary

Can a commercial VCSEL accept spin injection through nonresonant optical pumping?

Pumps at 794 and 810 nm and measures the resulting polarization response at room temperature.

Reports spin injection into the commercial device.

Commentary

The reported spin injection is optical. It is not evidence of electrically injected room-temperature spin-laser operation.

A concrete experimental counterpart to the more general spin-gain and polarization-dynamics models.

Interpretation and connections in this note, separate from the authors’ reported findings.

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