Room-temperature continuous-wave laser operation of electrically-pumped 1.55 μm VECSEL

M. E. Kurdi , S. Bouchoule , A. Bousseksou , I. Sagnes , A. Plais , M. Strassner , C. Symonds , A. Garnache (1) , J. Jacquet

1 CEM2 - Centre d'Electronique et de Micro-optoélectronique de Montpellier

A report is presented on room-temperature (RT) continuous-wave (CW) laser emission at 1.55 μm of an all InP-based electrically-pumped vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser (EP-VECSEL). Threshold currents of 1.4 kA/cm2 and output powers of up to 0.3 mW were measured under CW operation at RT. A maximum output power of 2.7 mW has been obtained in quasi-CW operation at a heatsink temperature of 10.5°C. This first result demonstrates that EP-VECSELs are a potential candidate for the realisation of compact vertical-cavity emitting sources.

Domaines: Electronique

M. E. Kurdi, S. Bouchoule, A. Bousseksou, I. Sagnes, A. Plais, et al.. Room-temperature continuous-wave laser operation of electrically-pumped 1.55 μm VECSEL. Electronics Letters, 2004, 40 (17), pp.671 - 672. ⟨10.1049/el:20040445⟩. ⟨hal-00329738⟩