High-power optically pumped 1550-nm VECSEL with a bonded silicon heat spreader

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1233-1235

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

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

External cavity; Heat spreader; High power laser; InGaAsP; Optical pumping; Semiconductor laser; Surface emitting laser; Vertical cavity

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FIBER LASERS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR; HEAT SPREADER; SURFACE-EMITTING LASER; VERTICAL CAVITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 2442434501     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.826235     Document Type: Article

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