Optically pumped VECSELs: review of technology and progress

M Guina, A Rantamäki… - Journal of Physics D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) are the most versatile laser
sources, combining unique features such as wide spectral coverage, ultrashort pulse …

Recent advances in ultrafast semiconductor disk lasers

BW Tilma, M Mangold, CA Zaugg, SM Link… - Light: Science & …, 2015 - nature.com
The performance of ultrafast semiconductor disk lasers has rapidly advanced in recent
decades. The strong interest from industry for inexpensive, compact, and reliable ultrafast …

Dual-comb modelocked laser

SM Link, A Klenner, M Mangold, CA Zaugg… - Optics …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
In this paper we present the first semiconductor disk laser (SDL) emitting simultaneously two
collinearly overlapping cross-polarized gigahertz modelocked pulse trains with different …

Recent advances in VECSELs

A Rahimi-Iman - Journal of Optics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Within the last two decades, vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) have
attracted rising interest from both industry and science. They have proven to be versatile …

Quantum design strategy pushes high‐power vertical‐external‐cavity surface‐emitting lasers beyond 100 W

TL Wang, B Heinen, J Hader, C Dineen… - Laser & Photonics …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum design strategy pushes highâ•’power verticalâ•’externalâ•’cavity surfaceâ•’emitting
lasers beyond 10 Page 1 LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS Laser Photonics Rev. 6, No. 5 …

SM green fiber laser operating in CW and QCW regimes and producing over 550W of average output power

V Gapontsev, A Avdokhin, P Kadwani… - Nonlinear …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We report a single-mode (SM) green laser based on single-pass frequency doubling of a
linearly-polarized narrowlinewidth Yb fiber laser in LBO crystal, and configured to operate in …

Dual-comb modelocked lasers: semiconductor saturable absorber mirror decouples noise stabilization

SM Link, A Klenner, U Keller - Optics Express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
In this paper we present the stabilization of the pulse repetition rate of dual-comb lasers
using an intracavity semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) for passive …

VECSEL-based 590-nm laser system with 8 W of output power for the treatment of vascular lesions

E Kantola, A Rantamäki, I Leino… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report a compact high-power yellow laser system for the treatment of cutaneous vascular
lesions, such as telangiectasia and port wine stains. The system is based on optically …

72‐W vertical‐external‐cavity surface‐emitting laser with 1180‐nm emission for laser guide star adaptive optics

E Kantola, JP Penttinen, S Ranta, M Guina - Electronics Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We report a high‐power optically‐pumped vertical‐external‐cavity surface‐emitting laser
emitting at around 1180 nm. The free‐running laser produced 72 W of output power at a …

Intra-cavity frequency-doubled mode-locked semiconductor disk laser at 325 nm

R Bek, S Baumgärtner, F Sauter, H Kahle… - Optics …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We present a passively mode-locked semiconductor disk laser (SDL) emitting at 650nm with
intra-cavity second harmonic generation to the ultraviolet (UV) spectral range. Both the gain …