Title :
Highly efficient tunable blue light generation using an external cavity enhanced gain guided broad area laser diode
Author :
Jechow, Andreas ; Heuer, Axel ; Menzel, Ralf
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Potsdam Univ., Potsdam
Abstract :
An infrared broad area laser diode, wavelength stabilized in an external cavity, is frequency doubled by the use of a PPLN waveguide crystal in a single-pass setup. More than 130 mW visible light could be generated resulting in an internal conversion efficiency of 46%.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical harmonic generation; optical waveguides; semiconductor lasers; PPLN waveguide crystal; efficiency 46 percent; external cavity enhanced gain guided broad area LD; frequency doubling; highly efficient tunable blue light generation; infrared broad area laser diode; internal conversion efficiency; single-pass setup; Diode lasers; Laser beams; Lenses; Optical coupling; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2008. ISLC 2008. IEEE 21st International
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1782-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1783-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2008.4636025
