Microchip vertical external cavity surface-emitting lasers

Author

Hastie, J.E. ; Hopkins, J.-M. ; Jeon, C.W. ; Calvez, S. ; Burns, D. ; Dawson, M.D. ; Abram, R. ; Riis, E. ; Ferguson, A.I. ; Alford, W.J. ; Raymond, T.D. ; Allerman, A.A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Photonics, Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

27-28 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

507

Abstract

In this paper we have demonstrated monolithic "microchip" vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSEL), in which a cavity is formed between the VECSEL semiconductor back mirror and a dielectric mirror coating on the outer surface of the heat spreader, and where pump-induced thermal lensing may provide cavity stability. We have demonstrated stable, high power operation of composite microchip VECSELs in the 850 nm and 980 nm wavelength region. We have achieved >350 mW output power at 850 nm and >2.5 W at 980 nm. These initial results strongly indicate the promise of the microchip VECSELs as a low cost, high power, compact and versatile source of laser light.

Keywords

infrared spectra; laser mirrors; laser stability; laser variables measurement; microcavity lasers; microchip lasers; power measurement; surface emitting lasers; thermal lensing; 850 nm; 980 nm; cavity stability; dielectric mirror coating; heat spreader; laser light sources; microchip vertical external cavity surface-emitting lasers; monolithic microchip; pump-induced thermal lensing; semiconductor back mirror; Coatings; Dielectrics; Heat pumps; Laser stability; Microchip lasers; Mirrors; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7888-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252896

Filename

1252896