Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) are the most versatile laser
sources, combining unique features such as wide spectral coverage, ultrashort pulse …

The empirical know-how of single crystalline diamond polishing has been developed over
centuries in the diamond gem cutting industry. Since the 1950s new and varied uses and …

It is a great technical challenge to precisely polish diamond substrates due to their extremely
high hardness, especially for micro‐optics fabrication. Here, a simple laser polishing …

Optically pumped semiconductor disk lasers are an important class of solid state lasers.
Despite all their advantages, however, they suffer from heat incorporation into the active …

Within the last two decades, vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) have
attracted rising interest from both industry and science. They have proven to be versatile …

A continuous-wave diamond Raman laser is demonstrated with an output power of 5.1 W at
1217 nm. This Raman laser is intracavity pumped by a side-pumped Nd: YLF rod laser: a 43 …

Diamond is widely used in many fields due to its numerous properties. Chemical mechanical
polishing can achieve ultra-smooth and low-damage surface processing of diamond. We …

Multiwatt emission from a continuous-wave diamond Raman laser pumped within a diode-
pumped InGaAs-based semiconductor disk laser (SDL) is reported. The Raman laser …

To process large-size single-crystal diamond (SCD) substrates efficiently, we proposed a
method that utilises mechanical action to induce a chemical reaction for SCD polishing. In …

We develop an analytic model to explore spatial and spectral effects in intracavity Raman
lasers. The effects of deterioration of the spatial and spectral properties of the fundamental …