Stabilization of a Semiconductor Disk Laser using an intra-cavity High Reflectivity Grating

S. Giet , C.-L. Lee , S. Calvez , M.D. Dawson , N. Destouches (1) , J.-C. Pommier (1) , O. Parriaux (1)

1 LHC - Laboratoire Hubert Curien

We demonstrate the use of a High Reflectivity Grating (HRG) as an intra-cavity element in a Semiconductor Disk Laser (or Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) to stabilise its emission wavelength and polarization characteristics. Operation at 1058nm with up to 645mW of pump-limited output power and an M2~1.4 is achieved. We also show that this scheme permits tunable single-frequency operation.

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

S. Giet, C.-L. Lee, S. Calvez, M.D. Dawson, N. Destouches, et al.. Stabilization of a Semiconductor Disk Laser using an intra-cavity High Reflectivity Grating. Optics Express, 2007, 15 (25), pp.16520. ⟨ujm-00200350⟩