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 …

We report on a single-frequency semiconductor disk laser which generates 23.6 W output
power in continuous wave operation, at a wavelength of 1013 nm. The high output power is …

We report on a single frequency optically pumped semiconductor laser exhibiting an output
power of 15 W in continuous wave operation. The GaAs-based structure presents an …

A method of wavelength beam combining to enhance the total output brightness of vertical
external cavity surface emitting lasers (VECSELs) using multiplexed volume Bragg gratings …

In this article, the impact of strain relaxation on the emission properties of InGaAs/GaAs
multiple quantum wells without strain compensation was examined. Structures consisting of …

We present an experimental study on beam combining techniques with multiple vertical
external cavity surface emitting lasers (VECSELs) using volume Bragg gratings (VBGs). The …

Sb-based metamorphic DBR membranes are developed for InP-based vertical cavity laser
applications. The reflectivity of the metamorphic DBR membrane is compared to the …

Advances in high brightness laser sources with near diffraction limited beam quality outputs
have enabled wide range of applications. However, physical constraints such as material …

Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs), also referred to as
semiconductor disk lasers (SDLs), were invented in the mid-1990s by combining the gain …

Optically pumped semiconductor lasers (OPSLs) are shown to provide a much more
compact and less expensive source for illumination of the sodium layer of the mesosphere …