Title :
High-power optically pumped femtosecond VECSELs
Author :
Mangold, M. ; Sieber, O.D. ; Wittwer, V.J. ; Hoffmann, M. ; Golling, M. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Keller, U.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We have recently demonstrated 1 W average output power from a sub-picosecond VECSEL. New simulations are based entirely on measured parameters, confirm our experimental results and yield a roadmap for high-power 100-fs pulses.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VECSEL; high-power laser; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; power 1 W; time 100 fs; vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers; Cavity resonators; Gain measurement; Numerical models; Optimized production technology; Power generation; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2012 23rd IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0828-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2012.6348367
