Optical in-well pumping of a semiconductor disk laser with high optical efficiency

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1439-1449

  Beyertt, Svent Simon ^a   Zorn, Martin ^b   Kübler, Thomas ^a   Wenzel, Hans ^b   Weyers, Markus ^b   Giesen, Adolf ^a   Tränkle, Günther ^b   Brauch, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

InGaAs; Optical pumping; Quantum well; Semiconductor disk laser; Vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL IN-WELL PUMPING; PUMP RADIATION ABSORPTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASER; VERTICAL EXTERNAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 29244457273     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.858794     Document Type: Article

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