Electrically pumped vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers suitable for passive modelocking

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1779-1786

  Barbarin, Yohan ^a   Hoffmann, Martin ^a   Pallmann, Wolfgang P ^a   Dahhan, Imad ^a,b   Kreuter, Philipp ^a   Miller, Michael ^c   Baier, Johannes ^c   Moench, Holger ^c   Golling, Matthias ^a   Südmeyer, Thomas ^a   Witzigmann, Bernd ^a,b   Keller, Ursula ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Modelocked lasers; optoelectronic devices; semiconductor lasers; vertical emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; CONTINUOUS WAVES; ELECTRICAL PUMPING; ELECTRICALLY PUMPED; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; GOOD BEAM QUALITY; LASING PERFORMANCE; LATERAL MODES; MODE-LOCKED; MODE-LOCKED LASER; MODELOCKING; NOVALUX EXTENDED CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OHMIC RESISTANCE; OPTICALLY PUMPED; OUTPUT POWER; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; POWER-SCALING; VERTICAL EMITTING LASERS; VERTICAL EXTERNAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; OHMIC CONTACTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS;

EID: 83555172419     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2107313     Document Type: Article

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