Miniaturization and power scaling of fundamental mode optically pumped semiconductor lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 610-618

  Hunziker, Lukas E ^a,b   Ihli, Chris ^b   Steingrube, Daniel S ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Coherent Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue laser; Green laser; Optically pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL); TEM 00 mode solid state laser; Vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL)

Indexed keywords

BLUE LASERS; GREEN LASERS; LASER DIODE BARS; OPTICALLY PUMPED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER (OPSL); VERTICAL EXTERNAL CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER (VECSEL);

LASER RESONATORS; PHASE NOISE; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 34250756619     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.896631     Document Type: Article

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