Title :
High-Power RT CW Operation of an OP-VECSEL at 1.56 μm with Hybrid Metallic-Metamorphic Mirrors
Author :
Tourrenc, J.P. ; Bouchoule, S. ; Khadour, A. ; Decobert, J. ; Miard, A. ; Harmand, J.C. ; Oudar, J.L.
Author_Institution :
CNRS, Marcoussis
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate for the first time high output power, low pump power threshold density, room-temperature (RT), continuous-wave (CW) operation of an optically-pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (OP-VECSEL) operating at 1.56 μm with an hybrid metal-metamorphic GaAs/AlAs mirror. We believe the maximum monomode TEM00 output power could be significantly increased with both an optimized overlap between the pump and external cavity mode diameters and a more powerful pump.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; GaAs-AlAs; OP-VECSEL; continuous-wave operation; external cavity mode; high-power RT CW operation; hybrid metallic-metamorphic mirrors; monomode output power; optically-pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 1.56 μm; Gallium arsenide; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0930-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385914
