Improved spectral properties of an optically pumped semiconductor disk laser using a thin diamond heat spreader as an intracavity filter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1363-1365

  Lindberg, Hans ^a   Strassner, Martin ^b,c   Larsson, Anders ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Disk laser; External cavity; Heat spreader; High power laser; InGaAsP; Intracavity filter; Semiconductor laser; Spectral properties; Surface emitting laser; Vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL)

Indexed keywords

HEAT SINKS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTING DIAMONDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DISK LASER; HEAT SPREADER; HIGH POWER LASER; INTRACAVITY FILTER; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; VERTICAL EXTERNAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VECSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 23844496195     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.848405     Document Type: Article

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