Title :
Femtosecond VECSELs with up to 1-W average output power
Author :
Sieber, O.D. ; Hoffmann, M. ; Wittwer, V.J. ; Pallmann, W.P. ; Krestnikov, I.L. ; Mikhrin, S.S. ; Livshits, D.A. ; Golling, M. ; Barbarin, Y. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Keller, U.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We developed novel low-dispersion VECSELs modelocked with fast QD-SESAMs. The first femtosecond modelocked QD-VECSEL achieves 1 W average power with 784-fs pulses. At lower power, we achieved sub-500-fs pulses both with QW- and QD-VECSELs.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; quantum dot lasers; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; QD-SESAM; QW-VECSEL; femtosecond VECSEL; low-dispersion VECSEL; mode locked laser; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; time 500 fs; time 784 fs; vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers; Laser mode locking; Power generation; Power lasers; Ultrafast optics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
