High-power optically-pumped VECSELs emitting in the 1310-nm and 1550-nm wavebands

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7919, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sirbu, A ^a   Mereuta, A ^a   Caliman, A ^a   Volet, N ^a   Zhu, Q ^a   Iakovlev, V ^a   Rautiainen, J ^b   Lyytikainen J ^b   Okhotnikov, O ^b   Walczak, J ^c   Wasiak, M ^c   Czyszanowski, T ^c   Kapon, E ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

AlGaAs GaAs distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs); InAlGaAs InP quantum wells; M2 beam parameter; Optically pumped vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers (OP VECSELs); Thermal impedance; Wafer fusion technique

Indexed keywords

ALGAAS/GAAS DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS (DBRS); INALGAAS/INP QUANTUM WELLS; M2 BEAM PARAMETER; OPTICALLY PUMPED; THERMAL IMPEDANCE; WAFER FUSION TECHNIQUE; ALGAAS/GAAS; BEAM PARAMETER; INALGAAS/INP; VERTICAL EXTERNAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER; WAFER-FUSION TECHNIQUE;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; FIBER LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM WELL LASERS; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; DBR LASERS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS;

EID: 79953825631     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.874838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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