Spontaneous Formation of Vector Vortex Beams in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers with Feedback

Author(s): Jesus Jimenez-Garcia, Pedro Rodriguez, T. Guillet, and T. Ackemann

A simple laser setup has spontaneously produced nonuniform polarization patterns called vector vortices.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 113902] Published Fri Sep 15, 2017