We present a 10GHz passively mode-locked vertical external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser (VECSEL) with 1.4W average output power in 6.1ps pulses. The output features a very good pulse quality with a time–bandwidth product of 0.42 in a nearly diffraction-limited beam. This demonstrates that passively mode-locked VECSELs are suitable for generating high powers in high-repetition-rate pulse trains.

Topics
Wave propagation, Epitaxy, Diffraction optics, Fabry-Perot interferometers, Optical parametric oscillators, Optical properties, Quantum wells, Laser physics, Semiconductor lasers, Solid state lasers
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