• DocumentCode
    1570994
  • Title

    GaN diode-pumping of a red semiconductor disk laser

  • Author

    Smith, Antony ; Hastie, Jennifer E. ; Kemp, Alan J. ; Foreman, Hannah D. ; Dawson, Martin D. ; Leinonen, Tomi ; Guina, Mircea

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Photonics, Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    404
  • Lastpage
    405
  • Abstract
    We report a 672 nm semiconductor-disk-laser pumped directly by gallium nitride laser diodes. Continuous wave output in a single transverse mode, tuneable over 16 nm and with maximum power of 17 mW, was achieved around room temperature.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; microdisc lasers; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; wide band gap semiconductors; GaN; continuous wave output; power 17 mW; red semiconductor disk laser diode pumping; single transverse mode; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 672 nm; Diode lasers; Gallium nitride; III-V semiconductor materials; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688661
  • Filename
    4688661