A quasicontinuous wave, optically pumped violet vertical cavity surface emitting laser

Abstract
We have fabricated and studied a violet (λ=403 nm ) vertical cavity surface emitting laserstructure, composed of an InGaNmultiple quantum well active medium and a pair of high reflectivitydielectricmirrors. Lasing under high repetition rate (76 MHz) pulsed optical pumping has been achieved at temperatures up to T=258 K at average pump power of approximately 30 mW.