Title :
Design of highly-efficient high-power optically-pumped semiconductor disk lasers
Author :
Demaria, Frank ; Lorch, Steffen ; Menzel, Susanne ; Riedl, Michael ; Rinaldi, Fernando ; Rosch, Rudolf ; Unger, Peter
Author_Institution :
Ulm Univ., Ulm
Abstract :
We present a carefully elaborated layer design for semiconductor disk lasers. Experimental results of devices mounted on simple copper heat spreaders reveal record conversion efficiencies at 13.2 W for 970 nm wavelength laser emission.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser beams; optical design techniques; optical pumping; quantum well lasers; semiconductor quantum wells; Cu; In0.155Ga0.845As-GaAs; conversion efficiency; copper heat spreader; high power optically pumped laser design; power 13.2 W; quantum wells; semiconductor disk laser; wavelength 970 nm; Optical design; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Power generation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting 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.2008.4636048
