Numerical study of the influence of pumping beam parameters on VECSEL performance

Author

Sokol, Adam K. ; Piskorski, Lukasz ; Sarzala, Robert P. ; Czyszanowski, Tomasz

Author_Institution

Photonics Group, Lodz Univ. of Technol., Lodz, Poland

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In the paper we present results of our simulations of the influence of pumping beam parameters on power transfer characteristics of an optically pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL). Calculations have been done with the aid of the comprehensive, fully self-consistent numerical model developed by our group. The research has focused mainly on an influence of the pumping beam size and shape on thermal and optical properties as well as power scaling of the modelled laser. Various beam profiles, such as: Gaussian, super-Gaussian and top-hat, have been investigated. An analysis of the optimal width of the emitted beam within the structure volume for pumping beams of different shapes has been also carried out.

Keywords

numerical analysis; optical pumping; surface emitting lasers; VECSEL; optical properties; optically pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser; power scaling; power transfer characteristics; pumping beam parameters; self-consistent numerical model; super-Gaussian; thermal properties; top-hat; Heating; Laser beams; Numerical models; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Power generation; SDL; VECSEL; computer simulation; numerical modelling; optical pumping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Budapest

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193496

Filename

7193496