High-power quantum dot based semiconductor disk laser

Author

Butkus, M. ; Wilcox, K.G. ; Rautiainen, J. ; Okhotnikov, O.G. ; Mikhrin, S.S. ; Krestnikov, I.L. ; Kovsh, A.R. ; Hoffmann, M. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Keller, U. ; Rafailov, E.U.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Phys. & Math., Univ. of Dundee, Dundee, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The authors demonstrate up to 4.35 W output power from a Stranski-Krastanow grown quantum dot semiconductor disk laser (SK-QD SDL), representing a 15 times increase in power from the previous published maximum power in the work of Germann et al. (2008), and the first multi-Watt output from any QD SDL. The experimental demonstration of a multi-Watt power level continuous wave operation of QD based SDLs is an important step to producing QD based Watt level mode-locked and broadly tunable CW SDL.

Keywords

laser mode locking; laser tuning; microdisc lasers; quantum dot lasers; surface emitting lasers; Stranski-Krastanow growth; broadly tunable laser; continuous wave operation; high power quantum dot laser; mode locked laser; power 4.35 W; quantum dot semiconductor disk laser; Gallium arsenide; Laser theory; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Quantum dot lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5194769

Filename

5194769