Title :
Passively mode-locked surface-emitting semiconductor laser with 1.7 W output power in 5.9-ps pulses
Author :
Aschwanden, A. ; Lorenser, D. ; Paschotta, R. ; Keller, U. ; Gini, E.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We present an optically pumped passively mode-locked vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL) generating 1.7 W of average output power in 5.9-ps with a 2.5-GHz repetition rate at a wavelength of 959 nm.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1.7 W; 2.5 GHz; 5.9 ps; 959 nm; VECSEL; optically pumped passively mode-locked vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser; output power; repetition rate;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
