  Core collapse supernovae (SN) are the final stages of stellar evolution in
massive stars during which the central region collapses, forms a neutron star
(NS), and the outer layers are ejected. Recent explosion scenarios assumed that
the ejection is due to energy deposition by neutrinos into the envelope but
detailed models do not produce powerful explosions. There is new and mounting
evidence for an asphericity and, in particular, for axial symmetry in several
SNe which may be hard to reconcile within the spherical picture. This evidence
includes the observed high polarization and its variation with time, pulsar
kicks, high velocity iron-group and intermediate-mass elements material in
remnants & direct observations of the debris of SN87A.Any successful mechanism
must invoke some sort of axial symmetry for the explosion. As limiting case, we
consider jet-induced/dominated explosions of "classical" core collapse SNe. Our
study is based on detailed 3-D hydro and radiation transport models. The jet
properties and of the progenitor structure influence on the final density and
chemical structure. Our calculations show that low velocity, massive jets can
explain the observations. Both asymmetric ionization and density/chemical
distributions have been identified as crucial for the formation of asymmetric
photospheres. Even within the picture of jet-induced explosion, the latter
effect alone fails to explain early polarization in core collapse SNe with a
massive, hydrogen-rich envelopes such as SN1999em.
