Microchip Vertical-External Cavity Surface Emitting Laser using a concave-shaped diamond micromirror

Author

Laurand, N. ; Giet, S. ; Lee, C.-L. ; Gu, E. ; Hastie, J.E. ; Calvez, S. ; Dawson, M.D. ; Suomalainen, S. ; Guina, M. ; Okhotnikov, O. ; Pessa, M.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This paper demonstrates a plano-concave microchip vertical-external cavity emitting laser (mu-VECSEL) operating at 1.05 mum. The cavity is composed of a semiconductor structure, comprising an active region grown on top of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), and a diamond heatspreader with its outer surface shaped as a spherical microlens. This stable optical cavity has a signal spot diameter of ~19.8 mum on the active region and of ~21 mum at the concave micro-mirror facet.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; microchip lasers; microlenses; micromirrors; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; concave micromirror facet; concave-shaped micromirror; diamond heatspreader; diamond micromirror; distributed Bragg reflector; microchip laser; planoconcave VECSEL; semiconductor structure; size 19.8 mum; size 21 mum; spherical microlens; stable optical cavity; vertical-external cavity surface emitting laser; wavelength 1.05 mum; Bonding; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Laser beams; Lenses; Microchip lasers; Micromirrors; Optical distortion; Optical surface waves; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386019

Filename

4386019