Multi-angle VECSEL cavities for dispersion control and multi-color operation

Caleb Baker; Maik Scheller; Alexandre Laurain; Hwang Jye Yang; Antje Ruiz Perez; Wolfgang Stolz; Sadhvikas J. Addamane; Ganesh Balakrishnan; R. Jason Jones; Jerome V. Moloney

doi:10.1117/12.2250579

Multi-angle VECSEL cavities for dispersion control and multi-color operation

Caleb Baker
, Maik Scheller
, Alexandre Laurain
, Hwang Jye Yang
, Antje Ruiz Perez
, Wolfgang Stolz
, Sadhvikas J. Addamane
, Ganesh Balakrishnan
, R. Jason Jones
, Jerome V. Moloney

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Abstract

We present a novel Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VECSEL) cavity design which makes use of multiple interactions with the gain region under different angles of incidence in a single round trip. This design allows for optimization of the net, round-trip Group Delay Dispersion (GDD) by shifting the GDD of the gain via cavity fold angle while still maintaining the high gain of resonant structures. The effectiveness of this scheme is demonstrated with femtosecond-regime pulses from a resonant structure and record pulse energies for the VECSEL gain medium. In addition, we show that the interference pattern of the intracavity mode within the active region, resulting from the double-angle multifold, is advantageous for operating the laser in CW on multiple wavelengths simultaneously. Power, noise, and mode competition characterization is presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10087
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250579
State	Published - Jan 1 2017
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