Title :
Ultrafast semiconductor thin disk lasers: Power scaling, wafer integration concept and optical versus electrical pumping
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
This paper discusses the integration issues, the output power scaling and the potential for electrical pumping of modelocked integrated external-cavity surface emitting laser (MIXSEL) with semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). The MIXSEL would be ideally suited for many applications where the current ultrafast laser technology is considered to be too bulky and expensive.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; electrical pumping; laser mode locking; modelocked integrated external-cavity surface emitting laser; optical pumping; power scaling; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; ultrafast semiconductor thin disk lasers; vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers; wafer integration; Integrated optics; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343254
