Novel 980-nm and 490-nm light sources using vertical-cavity lasers with extended coupled cavities

John Gerard McInerney; Aram Mooradian; Alan Lewis; Andrei V. Shchegrov; Eva M. Strzelecka; Dicky Lee; Jason P. Watson; Michael K. Liebman; Glen P. Carey; Arvydas Umbrasas; Charles A. Amsden; Brad D. Cantos; William R. Hitchens; David L. Heald; Vincent Doan

doi:10.1117/12.475742

17 June 2003 Novel 980-nm and 490-nm light sources using vertical-cavity lasers with extended coupled cavities

John Gerard McInerney, Aram Mooradian, Alan Lewis, Andrei V. Shchegrov, Eva M. Strzelecka, Dicky Lee, Jason P. Watson, Michael K. Liebman, Glen P. Carey, Arvydas Umbrasas, Charles A. Amsden, Brad D. Cantos, William R. Hitchens, David L. Heald, Vincent Doan

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Proceedings Volume 4994, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers VII; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.475742
Event: Integrated Optoelectronics Devices, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We have developed novel electrically pumped, surface-emitting lasers emitting at 980 nm with an extended coupled cavity. The concept is scalable from monolithic low power (~10 mW) devices all the way to high power extended cavity lasers. The latter have demonstrated ~1 W cw multi-mode and 0.5 W cw in a TEM00 mode and a single frequency, with 90% coupling efficiency into a single-mode fiber. By inserting a nonlinear optical medium in the external cavity, efficient and compact frequency doubling has been achieved with CW output powers 5-40 mW demonstrated at 490 nm. The latter devices are especially noteworthy due to their very low noise (0.05% rms from dc-2 MHz), sub 10 mrad beam pointing stability combined with small size, low power consumption (<10 W) and high efficiency.

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John Gerard McInerney, Aram Mooradian, Alan Lewis, Andrei V. Shchegrov, Eva M. Strzelecka, Dicky Lee, Jason P. Watson, Michael K. Liebman, Glen P. Carey, Arvydas Umbrasas, Charles A. Amsden, Brad D. Cantos, William R. Hitchens, David L. Heald, and Vincent Doan "Novel 980-nm and 490-nm light sources using vertical-cavity lasers with extended coupled cavities", Proc. SPIE 4994, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers VII, (17 June 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.475742

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