Q-switching in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers containing a quantum well saturable absorber

Author

Berry, G. ; Summers, H. ; Matthews, Darin ; Blood, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Wales Coll. of Cardiff, UK

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

456

Lastpage

457

Abstract

Summary form only given. We report the first observation of passive Q-switched pulses from a single cavity vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) diode. This has been achieved by incorporating a simple saturable-absorbing, quantum well layer in the P-type, top Bragg reflector of a standard VCSEL structure.

Keywords

Q-switching; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; P-type top Bragg reflector; Q-switching; passive Q-switched pulses; quantum well saturable absorber; saturable-absorbing quantum well layer; single cavity vertical cavity surface emitting laser diode; standard VCSEL structure; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Frequency; Laboratories; Laser modes; Optical harmonic generation; Quantum well lasers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834440

Filename

834440