Title :
High cw power-and high brightness from an optically pumped semiconductor disk laser
Author :
Lutgen, S. ; Albrecht, T. ; Brick, P. ; Reill, W. ; Luft, J. ; Spath, W.
Author_Institution :
OSRAM Opto Semicond., Regensburg, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate more than 5.5 W cw output power at 1000 nm and good beam quality of M/sup 2/=1.8 from a optical pumped semiconductor-disk laser at room temperature. High differential efficiency of 53% and optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 41% has been achieved.
Keywords :
laser beams; microdisc lasers; optical pumping; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1000 nm; 293 to 298 K; 41 percent; 5.5 W; 53 percent; beam quality; continous wave power; differential efficiency; optical-optical conversion efficiency; optically pumped semiconductor disk laser; quantum-well devices; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; Brightness; Laser excitation; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
