High-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers for diode pumped solid-state lasers

Robert Van Leeuwen; Yihan Xiong; Jean-Francois Seurin; Guoyang Xu; Alexander Miglo; Qing Wang; Bing Xu; Wei-Xiong Zou; Daizong Li; James D. Wynn; Viktor Khalfin; Chuni L. Ghosh

doi:10.1117/12.920601

7 May 2012 High-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers for diode pumped solid-state lasers

Robert Van Leeuwen, Yihan Xiong, Jean-Francois Seurin, Guoyang Xu, Alexander Miglo, Qing Wang, Bing Xu, Wei-Xiong Zou, Daizong Li, James D. Wynn, Viktor Khalfin, Chuni L. Ghosh

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Proceedings Volume 8381, Laser Technology for Defense and Security VIII; 83810I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.920601
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers can be processed in large two-dimensional arrays of single devices to scale up the power for solid-state laser pumping. These arrays emit in a circular, uniform beam, with a narrow and stable emission spectrum that is well suited to the absorption spectra of solid-state gain media. kW-class 808 nm QCW VCSEL pump modules were developed to pump compact Nd:YAG lasers. An end-pumped Nd:YAG laser was constructed that produced 7.1 W average IR power, as well as a dual side-pumped passively Q-switched frequency-quadrupled Nd:YAG laser that generated 0.8 mJ UV pulses at a 240 Hz repetition rate.

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Robert Van Leeuwen, Yihan Xiong, Jean-Francois Seurin, Guoyang Xu, Alexander Miglo, Qing Wang, Bing Xu, Wei-Xiong Zou, Daizong Li, James D. Wynn, Viktor Khalfin, and Chuni L. Ghosh "High-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers for diode pumped solid-state lasers", Proc. SPIE 8381, Laser Technology for Defense and Security VIII, 83810I (7 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.920601

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