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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688661
