Surface-emitting semiconductor lasers can make use of external cavities and optical pumping techniques to achieve a combination of high continuous-wave output power and near-diffraction-limited beam quality that is no...Surface-emitting semiconductor lasers can make use of external cavities and optical pumping techniques to achieve a combination of high continuous-wave output power and near-diffraction-limited beam quality that is not matched by any other type of semiconductor source. The ready access to the laser mode that the external cavity provides has been exploited for applications such as intra-cavity frequency doubling and passive mode-locking.展开更多
The development and application of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are summarized in this paper. The emphasis is focused on the high power single and 2-D arrays bottom-emitting VCSELs with a wavelengt...The development and application of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are summarized in this paper. The emphasis is focused on the high power single and 2-D arrays bottom-emitting VCSELs with a wavelength of 980nm. A distinguished device performance is achieved. The maximum continuous-wave (CW) output power of large aperture single devices with active diameters up to 500μm is as high as 1.95W at room temperature, which is to our knowledge the highest value reported for a single device. Size dependence of the output power, the threshold current and the differential resistance are discussed. A 16 elements array with 200μm aperture size (250μm center spacing) of individual elements shows a CW output power of 1.32W at room temperature.展开更多
文摘Surface-emitting semiconductor lasers can make use of external cavities and optical pumping techniques to achieve a combination of high continuous-wave output power and near-diffraction-limited beam quality that is not matched by any other type of semiconductor source. The ready access to the laser mode that the external cavity provides has been exploited for applications such as intra-cavity frequency doubling and passive mode-locking.
文摘The development and application of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are summarized in this paper. The emphasis is focused on the high power single and 2-D arrays bottom-emitting VCSELs with a wavelength of 980nm. A distinguished device performance is achieved. The maximum continuous-wave (CW) output power of large aperture single devices with active diameters up to 500μm is as high as 1.95W at room temperature, which is to our knowledge the highest value reported for a single device. Size dependence of the output power, the threshold current and the differential resistance are discussed. A 16 elements array with 200μm aperture size (250μm center spacing) of individual elements shows a CW output power of 1.32W at room temperature.
