Heat Dissipation for High Power Optically Pumped Semiconductor Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers

Abstract

This is an interim report on research on vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers, a collaboration between AFRL and the University of Arizona. This report investigates heat generation under high-power optical pumping for VECSELs, and studies the effects of sample mounting and substrate removal by means of photoluminescence experiments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA419156

Entities

People

  • Donald Agresta
  • James Ehret
  • Thomas Nelson

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Dissipation
  • Distributed Bragg Reflectors
  • Electronics
  • Frequency Shift
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Heat Transfer
  • Military Research
  • Optical Pumping
  • Photoluminescence
  • Quantum Wells
  • Semiconductors
  • Substrates
  • Surface Emitting Lasers

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics