Optically pumped VECSELs: review of technology and progress

M Guina, A Rantamäki… - Journal of Physics D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) are the most versatile laser
sources, combining unique features such as wide spectral coverage, ultrashort pulse …

Next-generation mid-infrared sources

D Jung, S Bank, ML Lee, D Wasserman - Journal of Optics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The mid-infrared (mid-IR) is a wavelength range with a variety of technologically vital
applications in molecular sensing, security and defense, energy conservation, and …

Widely tunable high-power two-color VECSELs for new wavelength generation

M Lukowski, C Hessenius… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report a collinear two-color vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL),
which with minimal changes is suitable for intracavity type I second harmonic generation …

High-power higher order hermite–gaussian and laguerre–gaussian beams from vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers

ML Lukowski, JT Meyer, C Hessenius… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL) with an optical pumping
scheme for the generation of higher order Hermite-Gaussian transverse modes. The …

High optical output power in the UVA range of a frequency-doubled, strain-compensated AlGaInP-VECSEL

H Kahle, R Bek, M Heldmaier… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a maximum continuous-wave optical output power of 260 mW from an optically
pumped, frequency-doubled vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser with wavelengths …

Molecular beam epitaxy of IV-VI semiconductors: multilayers, quantum dots and device applications

G Springholz - Molecular beam epitaxy: from research to mass …, 2013 - books.google.com
Molecular beam epitaxy of IVeVI semiconductors has long been used both for fabrication of
low-dimensional structures [1e4] and infrared optoelectronic devices [5e11]. The …

Design of a solar-pumped semiconductor laser

AH Quarterman, KG Wilcox - Optica, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Since their first demonstration in 1962, solar-powered lasers have attracted interest as a tool
for generating and distributing renewable energy. Proposals have ranged from orbiting solar …

PbSe quantum well mid-infrared vertical external cavity surface emitting laser on Si-substrates

M Fill, A Khiar, M Rahim, F Felder, H Zogg - Journal of Applied Physics, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Mid-infrared vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers based on PbSe/PbSrSe multi-
quantum-well structures on Si-substrates are realized. A modular design allows growing the …

Tunable type II intracavity difference frequency generation at 5.4 μm in a two chip vertical external cavity surface emitting laser

M Lukowski, C Hessenius, R Bedford, M Fallahi - Optics letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We report on the generation and experimental demonstration of intracavity type II difference
frequency generation in a two chip InGaAs/GaAs vertical external cavity surface emitting …

2 W high efficiency PbS mid-infrared surface emitting laser

A Ishida, Y Sugiyama, Y Isaji, K Kodama… - Applied Physics …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
High efficiency laser operation with output power exceeding 2 W was obtained for vertical
external-cavity PbS based IV-VI compound surface emitting quantum-well structures. The …