• DocumentCode
    1770716
  • Title

    Passively harmonically self-mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL)

  • Author

    Gaafar, Mohamed ; Moller, Christoph ; Wichmann, Matthias ; Heinen, Bernd ; Kunert, Bernardette ; Rahimi-Iman, A. ; Stolz, Wolfgang ; Koch, Martin

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Phys. & Mater. Sci. Center, Philipps-Univ. Marburg, Marburg, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a harmonically self-mode-locked optically pumped semiconductor disk laser up to the third harmonic with a central wavelength of 1014 nm. Pulse durations penetrating the femtosecond regime at 500 MHz repetition rate are achieved.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; femtosecond regime; optically pumped semiconductor disk laser; passively harmonically vertical- external-cavity surface-emitting laser; pulse durations; repetition rate; self-mode-locked vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser; Harmonic analysis; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Pump lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989065