Ultrafast Electrically Pumped VECSELs

We present an improved design for electrically pumped vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (EP-VECSELs) optimized for passive modelocking with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). In continuous-wave (cw) multimode operation, up to 170 mW of output power are demonstrated at...

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Main Authors: W. P. Pallmann, C. A. Zaugg, M. Mangold, I. Dahhan, M. Golling, B. W. Tilma, B. Witzigmann, U. Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2013-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6568891/