Systematic investigation of single- and multi-mode operation in vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers

M. Wichmann, M. K. Shakfa, M. Scheller, A. Rahimi-Iman, B. Heinen, J. V. Moloney, S. W. Koch, M. Koch

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Abstract

We systematically study the single- and multi-mode emission of vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) using streak camera measurements and interferometric measurement techniques. In all experiments, the VECSEL chip is based on (GaIn)As multi-quantum wells as active medium designed for laser emission around 1010 nm. The emission is analyzed in dependence of the pump power, employing two resonator designs as well as different output couplers. We monitor the evolution of emission bandwidth and show that in our setups a stable two-color lasing -with both lasing intensities sharing the same gain region on the chip- is related to a sufficiently high number of longitudinal modes participating in the laser emission.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publicationVertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) IV
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Print)9780819498793
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
EventVertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) IV - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: 2 Feb 20144 Feb 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8966
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceVertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) IV
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period2/02/144/02/14

Keywords

  • Intracavity difference frequency generation
  • Multi-mode emission
  • Two-color operation
  • Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers

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