DocumentCode
1486010
Title
High Peak Power Femtosecond Pulse Passively Mode-Locked Vertical-External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
Author
Wilcox, Keith G. ; Quarterman, Adrian H. ; Beere, Harvey ; Ritchie, David A. ; Tropper, Anne C.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Volume
22
Issue
14
fYear
2010
fDate
7/15/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1021
Lastpage
1023
Abstract
We report a passively mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL) producing 335-fs near-transform-limited pulses at a repetition rate of 1 GHz with an average output power of 120 mW at a center wavelength of 999 nm. The VECSEL was optically pumped with a power of 1.85 W at a wavelength of 830 nm. The peak power of the output pulses was 315 W.
Keywords
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; frequency 1 GHz; high peak power femtosecond pulse VECSEL; optical pumping; passive mode-locking; power 1.85 W; power 120 mW; power 315 W; time 335 fs; vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser; wavelength 830 nm; wavelength 999 nm; Mode-locked; optically pumped; semiconductor laser; vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2010.2049015
Filename
5461000
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