Title :
Semiconductor 1.7 W volume Bragg laser with divergence close to a diffraction limit
Author :
Venus, George ; Rotar, Vasile ; Glebov, Leonid
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Abstract :
Novel volume Bragg laser (VOBLA) with two photo-thermo-refractive volume Bragg gratings feedback is studied on the basis of 150-mum-stripe LD. High-efficient, near diffraction-limited operation at power of 1.7 W and spectral width of 250 pm are demonstrated.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; photorefractive effect; semiconductor lasers; VOBLA; near diffraction-limited operation; photothermorefractive volume Bragg gratings; spectral line width; volume Bragg laser; Bragg gratings; Diffraction gratings; Laser beams; Laser feedback; Optical diffraction; Optical feedback; Optical resonators; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; (090.7330) Volume holographic gratings; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627605
