Title :
Cryogenic intracavity laser cooling using high power vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers (VECSELs)
Author :
Ghasemkhani, Mohammadreza ; Albrecht, Alexander R. ; Melgaard, Seth D. ; Seletskiy, D.V. ; Cederberg, Jeffrey G. ; Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor
Author_Institution :
Phys. & Astron. Dept., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
A Yb:YLF crystal is laser cooled to 150 K from room temperature in an intracavity geometry using a high power InGaAs/GaAs MQW VECSEL operating at 1020 nm with <;0.5 nm linewidth.
Keywords :
gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser cooling; lithium compounds; quantum well lasers; spectral line breadth; surface emitting lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; InGaAs-GaAs; YLF:Yb; cryogenic intracavity laser cooling; high power indium gallium arsenide-gallium arsenide MQW VECSEL; spectral linewidth; temperature 150 K; temperature 293 K to 298 K; vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers; wavelength 1020 nm; ytterbium:yttrium lithium fluoride crystal; Cavity resonators; Cooling; Crystals; Ocean temperature; Photonics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
