500 W peak power cavity dumped 2 µm GaSb-based VECSEL
Abstract
A single transverse mode high-pulse-energy vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL) was developed. The GaSb-based VECSEL emits at a wavelength of 2.04 µm with a peak power exceeding 500 W while maintaining good beam quality. The cavity employs a Pockels cell combined with a low-loss thin film polarizer to selectively dump the intracavity energy into a 10 ns pulse. The laser has promise for incoherent LIDAR, materials processing, gas sensing, and nonlinear optics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jul 13, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.1364/ao.427951
Entities
People
- Jacob Hoehler
- Jennifer M. Reed
- Ricky Gibson
- Robert Bedford
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- University of Dayton