A measurement method of the resonantly enhanced gain spectrum and its effect on second harmonic generation in vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL)

Author

Kim, Jun-Youn ; Cho, Soohaeng ; Kim, Gi Bum ; Lim, Seong-Jin ; Yoo, Jaeryung ; Lee, Junho ; Lee, Sang-Moon ; Kim, Ki-Sung ; Kim, Taek ; Park, YongJo ; Shim, Jongin

Author_Institution

Samsung Adv. Inst. of Technol., Suwon, South Korea

fYear

2005

fDate

22-28 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

543

Lastpage

544

Abstract

A measurement method of resonantly enhanced gain profiles in vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers is developed. By applying the method with LBO as intra-cavity frequency doubler, a second-harmonic-generation efficiency of 15% and a stable output power of 2 W are realized.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser stability; laser variables measurement; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; 2 W; LiBO₃; intracavity frequency doubler; quantum well laser; resonantly enhanced gain spectrum; second harmonic generation; stable laser output power; vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser; Chemical lasers; Frequency conversion; Gain measurement; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical harmonic generation; Optical surface waves; Resonance; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9217-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548119

Filename

1548119