title: Operation of an optical in-well-pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser.
abstract: We report the operation of an optical in-well-pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser. The laser delivers 1 W at 855 nm and is pumped with a cost-effective fiber-coupled laser diode emitting at 806 nm. The laser modal gain is examined and ways of optimizing the system are investigated and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. wei.zhang.100@strath.ac.uk
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ackemann
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McGinily
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Erling
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Riis
authors.forename: Allister I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Ferguson