Characteristics and development of optical pumping vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers

ZHANG Guan-jie; SHU Yong-chun; LIU Ru-bin; SHU Qiang; LIN Yao-wang; YAO Jiang-hong; WANG Zhan-guo; XU Jing-jun

The properties and advantages of optical pumping semiconductor vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser(VECSEL) are introduced and the latest device development is demonstrated.On the basis of these analyses,the application potential and technology direction in the areas are pointed out.

Corresponding author: SHU Yong-chun, shuyc@nankai.edu.cn;

1. Key Labratory of Advanced Technique and Fabrication for Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics Materials of Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China;

2. Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

Received Date: 2005-06-29

Accepted Date: 2005-08-10

Available Online: 2006-07-25

Abstract: The properties and advantages of optical pumping semiconductor vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser(VECSEL) are introduced and the latest device development is demonstrated.On the basis of these analyses,the application potential and technology direction in the areas are pointed out.

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