Title :
Multi-watt femtosecond and continuous wave semiconductor disc lasers for terahertz systems
Author :
Scheller, M. ; Koch, S.W. ; Moloney, J.V.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
We present multi-Watt vertical-external cavity surface emitting lasers (VECSELs) for the generation and detection of terahertz waves. We investigate the achievable infrared output power and pulse duration for passively mode-locked operation as well as the performance of multi-color operation.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; surface emitting lasers; terahertz wave detectors; terahertz wave generation; VECSEL; continuous wave semiconductor disc lasers; infrared output power; multicolor operation; multiwatt femtosecond lasers; passively mode-locked operation; pulse duration; terahertz systems; terahertz wave detection; terahertz wave generation; vertical-external cavity surface emitting lasers; Cavity resonators; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wollongong, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1598-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6380289
