Gain and reflectance measurements of a 1050nm VECSEL chip

Author

Haupt, S. ; Furitsch, M. ; Lindberg, H. ; Pietzonka, I. ; Strauss, U. ; Bacher, G.

Author_Institution

Osram Opto Semicond. GmbH, Regensburg, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Optically pumped vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers (VECSEL) have a wide range of applications due to a combination of output power, high efficiency, excellent beam quality and abroad spectral range. Furthermore the visible spectrum is accessible with intra cavity frequency-doubling. As frequency-doubling requires precise spectral stabilization a detailed knowledge of the spectral gain curve of the VECSEL chip is essential. The exact value of gain depends on the resonant periodic gain (RPG) structure, Bragg mirror reflectance, pump power and wavelength.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; gain measurement; laser mirrors; optical pumping; optical variables measurement; reflectivity; surface emitting lasers; Bragg mirror reflectance; VECSEL; gain measurements; intra cavity frequency-doubling; optically pumped vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers; reflectance measurements; resonant periodic gain structure; wavelength 1050 nm; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Optical surface waves; Semiconductor diodes; Surface waves; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942634

Filename

5942634