Title :
Spectral narrowing and locking of a vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser using an intracavity volume Bragg grating
Author :
Giet, S. ; Sun, H.D. ; Calvez, S. ; Dawson, M.D. ; Suomalainen, S. ; Härkönen, A. ; Guina, M. ; Okhotnikov, O. ; Pessa, M.
Author_Institution :
Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow
Abstract :
We report the use of a volume Bragg grating as an output coupler mirror to improve and stabilize the spectral characteristics of 1058-nm vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser which is thermally managed using an intracavity diamond heatspreader. Spectrally narrow and locked emission with up to 645mW of TEM0,0 output power is demonstrated
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser stability; semiconductor lasers; spectral line narrowing; surface emitting lasers; 1058 nm; intracavity diamond heatspreader; intracavity volume Bragg grating; mode locking; output coupler mirror; spectral narrowing; vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser; Bragg gratings; Gallium arsenide; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Thermal management; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Diode-pumped laser; high-power laser; semiconductor disk laser; semiconductor laser; vertical-cavity laser; wavelength stabilization;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.880735
