Mode selection and tuning of single-frequency short-cavity VECSELs

Serkland, Darwin K.; So, Haley M.; Peake, Gregory M.; Wood, Michael G.; Griñe, Alejandro J.; Hains, Christopher P.; Geib, Kent M.; Keeler, Gordon A.

doi:10.1117/12.2291197

Title: Mode selection and tuning of single-frequency short-cavity VECSELs

Abstract

Here, we report on mode selection and tuning properties of vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) containing coupled semiconductor and external cavities of total length less than 1 mm. Our goal is to create narrowlinewidth (<1MHz) single-frequency VECSELs that operate near 850 nm on a single longitudinal cavity resonance and tune versus temperature without mode hops. We have designed, fabricated, and measured VECSELs with external-cavity lengths ranging from 25 to 800 μm. Lastly, we compare simulated and measured coupled-cavity mode frequencies and discuss criteria for single mode selection.

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Serkland, Darwin K. ^[1]; So, Haley M. ^[1]; Peake, Gregory M. ^[1]; Wood, Michael G. ^[1]; Griñe, Alejandro J. ^[1]; Hains, Christopher P. ^[1]; Geib, Kent M. ^[1]; Keeler, Gordon A. ^[1]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: 2018-03-05

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1426814

Report Number(s):: SAND-2018-1870J
660793

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Proceedings of SPIE

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 10552

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Semiconductors; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Mirrors; Phase shifts; Reflectivity; Laser resonators; Temperature metrology

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                    Serkland, Darwin K., So, Haley M., Peake, Gregory M., Wood, Michael G., Griñe, Alejandro J., Hains, Christopher P., Geib, Kent M., and Keeler, Gordon A. Mode selection and tuning of single-frequency short-cavity VECSELs.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Serkland, Darwin K., So, Haley M., Peake, Gregory M., Wood, Michael G., Griñe, Alejandro J., Hains, Christopher P., Geib, Kent M., & Keeler, Gordon A. Mode selection and tuning of single-frequency short-cavity VECSELs.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2291197

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                    Serkland, Darwin K., So, Haley M., Peake, Gregory M., Wood, Michael G., Griñe, Alejandro J., Hains, Christopher P., Geib, Kent M., and Keeler, Gordon A. Mon .  
"Mode selection and tuning of single-frequency short-cavity VECSELs".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2291197.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1426814.

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@article{osti_1426814,

  title        = {Mode selection and tuning of single-frequency short-cavity VECSELs},

  author       = {Serkland, Darwin K. and So, Haley M. and Peake, Gregory M. and Wood, Michael G. and Griñe, Alejandro J. and Hains, Christopher P. and Geib, Kent M. and Keeler, Gordon A.},

  abstractNote = {Here, we report on mode selection and tuning properties of vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) containing coupled semiconductor and external cavities of total length less than 1 mm. Our goal is to create narrowlinewidth (<1MHz) single-frequency VECSELs that operate near 850 nm on a single longitudinal cavity resonance and tune versus temperature without mode hops. We have designed, fabricated, and measured VECSELs with external-cavity lengths ranging from 25 to 800 μm. Lastly, we compare simulated and measured coupled-cavity mode frequencies and discuss criteria for single mode selection.},

  doi          = {10.1117/12.2291197},

  journal      = {Proceedings of SPIE},

  number       = ,

  volume       = 10552,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {3}

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Figure 1: (a) Schematic drawing of a coupled-cavity VECSEL having a “middle mirror” between the short semiconductor cavity and the longer external cavity. (b) Schematic drawing of a standard 2-mirror VCSEL cavity, showing a much shorter cavity length. The effective cavity length of a VCSEL with a 1-wave active regionmore »

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journal, January 1995