TY - JOUR
T1 - 5-W yellow laser by intracavity frequency doubling of high-power vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser
AU - Fallahi, Mahmoud
AU - Fan, Li
AU - Kaneda, Yushi
AU - Hessenius, Chris
AU - Hader, Jörg
AU - Li, Hongbo
AU - Moloney, Jerome V.
AU - Kunert, Bernardette
AU - Stolz, Wolfgang
AU - Koch, Stephan W.
AU - Murray, James
AU - Bedford, Robert
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received June 17, 2008; revised July 19, 2008. First published August 22, 2008; current version published September 26, 2008. This work was supported by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research under a Phase II STTR Grant (FA9550-06-C-0044). The work of M. Fallahi was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). M. Fallahi, Y. Kaneda, C. Hessenius, and H. Li are with the College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA (e-mail: [email protected]). L. Fan was with the College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA, and is now with LaserTel Inc., Tucson, AZ 85743 USA. J. Hader and J. V. Moloney are with the Nonlinear Control Strategies, Tucson, AZ 85705 USA, and also with the Arizona Center for Mathematical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA. B. Kunert, W. Stolz, and S. W. Koch are with the Department of Physics and Material Sciences, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany. J. Murray is with Areté Associates, Longmont, CO 80501 USA. R. Bedford is with the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433 USA. Color versions of one or more of the figures in this letter are available online at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/LPT.2008.2003413
PY - 2008/10/15
Y1 - 2008/10/15
N2 - We report on the development of a high-power tunable yellow-orange laser. It is based on intracavity frequency doubling of a widely tunable, highly strained InGaAs-GaAs vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser operating near 1175 nm. Over 5 W of continuous-wave output power is achieved and is tunable over a 15-nm band centered at 587 nm. This compact low-cost high-power yellow-orange laser provides an innovative alternative for sodium guidestar lasers, medical and communication applications.
AB - We report on the development of a high-power tunable yellow-orange laser. It is based on intracavity frequency doubling of a widely tunable, highly strained InGaAs-GaAs vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser operating near 1175 nm. Over 5 W of continuous-wave output power is achieved and is tunable over a 15-nm band centered at 587 nm. This compact low-cost high-power yellow-orange laser provides an innovative alternative for sodium guidestar lasers, medical and communication applications.
KW - Intracavity frequency doubling
KW - Optically pumped semiconductor lasers
KW - Tunable vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL)
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U2 - 10.1109/LPT.2008.2003413
DO - 10.1109/LPT.2008.2003413
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:54049150841
SN - 1041-1135
VL - 20
SP - 1700
EP - 1702
JO - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
JF - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
IS - 20
ER -