1-W antimonide-based vertical external cavity surface emitting laser operating at 2-microm.
We report a high-power optically pumped semiconductor vertical external cavity surface emitting laser operating at 2-mum wavelength. The gain material consisted of 15 GaInSb quantum-wells placed within a three-lambda GaSb cavity and grown on the top of an 18-pairs AlAsSb/GaSb Bragg reflector. For thermal management we have used a transparent diamond heat spreader bonded on the top of the structure. When cooled down to 5 degrees C, the laser emitted up to 1 W of optical power in a nearly diffraction-limited Gaussian beam demonstrating the high potential of antimonide material for VECSEL fabrication.
Härkönen
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Guina
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M
Okhotnikov
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O
Rößner
K
K
Hümmer
M
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Lehnhardt
T
T
Müller
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M
Forchel
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A
Fischer
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