Continuous tuning and efficient intracavity second-harmonic generation in a semiconductor disk laser with an intracavity diamond heatspreader

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-225

  Maclean, Alexander J ^a   Kemp, Alan J ^a   Calvez, Stephane ^a   Kim, Jun Youn ^b   Kim, Taek ^b   Dawson, Martin D ^a   Burns, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Second harmonic generation (SHG); Semiconductor disk laser; Vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL)

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL PUMPING; POLARIZATION; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

DIAMOND HEATSPREADER; GREEN LASER; SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 40449097035     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.911704     Document Type: Article

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