High power vertical external cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) emitting in 1310 nm and 1550 nm bands

Novel 1310 nm and 1550 nm optically pumped VECSELs based on wafer fused InAlGaAs/InPAlGaAs/GaAs gain mirrors demonstrate high CW fundamental mode continuous wave output in excess of 2 W at room temperature.