Ultrafast semiconductor thin disk lasers: Power scaling, wafer integration concept and optical versus electrical pumping

Author

Keller, U.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

2009

fDate

4-8 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

318

Lastpage

319

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Belek-Antalya

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3680-4

Electronic_ISBN

1092-8081

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343254

Filename

5343254