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An overview of laser operation and modelocking of a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL)

Abstract

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VECSEL laser systems are important additions to the family of lasers. They exhibit a combination of desirable lasing features that are usually not simultaneously attainable. These features are high power, diffraction limited beam quality, intra-cavity frequency doubling, tunability, and ultrashort pulses generated from passive mode-locking. In this work, we give a brief overview of the VECSEL structure, previous VECSEL literature, how lasing in a VECSEL works, and how mode locking in a VECSEL works.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Optical Science and Engineering
Level thesis:degree_level
Masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Optical Science and Engineering
Year
2012

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Allen, Aaron
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Diels, Jean-Claude
  • Arissian, Ladan
  • Lester, Luke

Rights

Language dc:language
English

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oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:ose_etds-1000

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Allen, Aaron. An overview of laser operation and modelocking of a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL). Masters thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1928/20966