VECSEL Technology

Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (also known as Semiconductor Disk Lasers or Optically Pumped Semiconductor Lasers) combine the most important advantages of semiconductor and thin-disk lasers. Wavelength versatility of the semiconductor gain structures, and the heat management capability and external cavity architecture of the thin-disk concept make together the most versatile laser technology platform. This combination offers broad wavelength coverage, multi-watt power and tunable narrow-linewidth operation with high beam quality.

Leading expertise

Our technology capitalizes on leading expertise in Molecular Beam Epitaxy for fabrication of high quality semiconductor gain structures with tailored properties in wavelength range from 630 nm to 3 µm. We employ state-of-the-art cleanroom process equipment including advanced optical coatings. All our semiconductor manufacture and laser assembly processes are in-house, enabling traceability of the most critical aspects of quality control and rapid response to customer needs.

Application example

Power

Neutral Atoms

Sr Cooling 1S0 -> 1P1 (461 nm)

> 1 W

Sr Trapping magic wavelength (813 nm)

> 1 W

Yb Cooling 1S0 -> 3P1 (556 nm)

> 2 W

Li Cooling S1/2 -> P1/2 (671 nm)

> 0.5 W

Rb Rydberg 2S1/2 -> 2P3/2 (420 nm)

> 0.5 W 

Rb Rydberg 2P3/2 -> nl (480 nm)

> 1 W

Trapped Ions

Sr+ Clock transition w/EOM feedback (674 nm)

> 0.5 W

Ca+ Clock transition w/EOM (729 nm)

> 0.5 W

Ba+ Cooling (455 nm)

> 1 W

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