GaSb-based VECSELs emitting at around 2.35 μm employing different optical pumping concepts

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6184, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Schulz, Nicola ^a   Rattunde, Marcel ^a   Manz, Christian ^a   Köhler, Klaus ^a   Wild, Christoph ^a   Wagner, Joachim ^a   Beyertt, Svent Simon ^b   Brauch, Uwe ^b   Kübler, Thomas ^b   Giesen, Adolf ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

GaSb; Optical pumping; Quantum well pumping; Resonant pumping; VECSEL

Indexed keywords

LASERS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THIN FILMS;

QUANTUM DEFICIT; QUANTUM WELL PUMPING; RESONANT PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP; THERMAL IMPEDANCE; VERTICAL-EXTERNAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS (VECSELS);

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 33746757745     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.661871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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