High brightness diode-pumped organic solid-state laser

High-power, diffraction-limited organic solid-state laser operation has been achieved in a vertical external cavity surface-emitting organic laser (VECSOL), pumped by a low-cost compact blue laser diode. The diode-pumped VECSOLs were demonstrated with various dyes in a polymer matrix, leading to las...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2015-02, Vol.106 (5)
Main Authors: Zhao, Zhuang, Mhibik, Oussama, Nafa, Malik, Chénais, Sébastien, Forget, Sébastien
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied physics
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
DIFFRACTION
Diodes
DYES
EFFICIENCY
Lasers
Optics
OPTIMIZATION
PEAK LOAD
Physics
POLYMERS
Pulse duration
PULSES
Semiconductor lasers
SOLID STATE LASERS
VISIBLE RADIATION
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Summary:High-power, diffraction-limited organic solid-state laser operation has been achieved in a vertical external cavity surface-emitting organic laser (VECSOL), pumped by a low-cost compact blue laser diode. The diode-pumped VECSOLs were demonstrated with various dyes in a polymer matrix, leading to laser emissions from 540 nm to 660 nm. Optimization of both the pump pulse duration and output coupling leads to a pump slope efficiency of 11% for a DCM based VECSOLs. We report output pulse energy up to 280 nJ with 100 ns long pump pulses, leading to a peak power of 3.5 W in a circularly symmetric, diffraction-limited beam.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.4907318