Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) are the most versatile laser
sources, combining unique features such as wide spectral coverage, ultrashort pulse …

The performance of ultrafast semiconductor disk lasers has rapidly advanced in recent
decades. The strong interest from industry for inexpensive, compact, and reliable ultrafast …

Optically pumped passively modelocked semiconductor disk lasers (SDLs) provide superior
performance in average output power, a broad range of operation wavelengths, and …

A high-efficiency optically pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser emitting 20
W at a wavelength around 588 nm is demonstrated. The semiconductor gain chip emitted at …

High-power ultrafast lasers are important for numerous industrial and scientific applications.
Current multi-watt systems, however, are based on relatively complex laser concepts, for …

A vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting-laser is demonstrated in the terahertz range,
which is based upon an amplifying metasurface reflector composed of a sub-wavelength …

This paper will review the recent advances in the field of ultrashort pulse generation from
optically pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (OP-VECSELs). In this …

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 …

In this monograph, the authors address the physics and engineering together with the latest
achievements of efficient and compact ultrafast lasers based on novel quantum-dot …

Speckle formation is a limiting factor when using coherent sources for imaging and sensing,
but can provide useful information about the motion of an object. Illumination sources with …