(1) Department of Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland;(2) Innolume GmbH, Konrad-Adenauer-Allee 11, 44263 Dortmund, Germany
Abstract:
We report the first successful modelocking of a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL) with a quantum dot (QD) gain region. The VECSEL has a total of 35 QD-layers with an emission wavelength of about 1060 nm. In SESAM modelocked operation, we obtain an average output power of 27.4 mW with 18-ps pulses at a repetition rate of 2.57 GHz. This QD-VECSEL is used as-grown on a 450 μm thick substrate, which limits the average output power.