5-W Yellow Laser by Intracavity Frequency Doubling of High-Power Vertical-External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser

Author

Fallahi, Mahmoud ; Fan, Li ; Kaneda, Yushi ; Hessenius, Chris ; Hader, Jörg ; Li, Hongbo ; Moloney, Jerome V. ; Kunert, Bernardette ; Stolz, Wolfgang ; Koch, Stephan W. ; Murray, James ; Bedford, Robert

Author_Institution

Coll. of Opt. Sci., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ

Volume

20

Issue

20

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1700

Lastpage

1702

Abstract

We report on the development of a high-power tunable yellow-orange laser. It is based on intracavity frequency doubling of a widely tunable, highly strained InGaAs-GaAs vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser operating near 1175 nm. Over 5 W of continuous-wave output power is achieved and is tunable over a 15-nm band centered at 587 nm. This compact low-cost high-power yellow-orange laser provides an innovative alternative for sodium guidestar lasers, medical and communication applications.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical frequency conversion; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; InGaAs-GaAs; VECSEL; communication applications; continuous-wave output power; high-power yellow-orange laser; intracavity frequency doubling; medical applications; power 5 W; sodium guidestar lasers; tunable yellow-orange laser; vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser; Intracavity frequency doubling; optically pumped semiconductor lasers; tunable 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.2008.2003413

Filename

4604689