• DocumentCode
    2895547
  • Title

    Polarisation and modal characteristics of a 1.3μm diamond-microchip GaInNAs vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser

  • Author

    Smith, Scott A. ; Calvez, Stephane ; Hopkins, John-Mark ; Hastie, Jennifer E. ; Kemp, Alan J. ; Burns, David ; Dawson, Martin D. ; Jouthti, T. ; Kontinnen, Janne ; Pessa, Markus

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Photonics, Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    147
  • Abstract
    We report the modal and polarisation properties of a 1300 nm GaInNAs microchip VECSEL and their dependence on pump diameter. The analysis suggests that thermal lensing effects play a significant role in microchip VECSEL mode formation.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; diamond; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; surface emitting lasers; thermal lensing; 1.3 micron; 1300 nm; GaInNAs; GaInNAs microchip VECSEL; diamond; laser mode formation; modal characteristics; polarisation characteristics; thermal lensing; vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser; Lenses; Microchip lasers; Monitoring; Polarization; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Thermal lensing; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8974-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567935
  • Filename
    1567935