530-580nm Optical Pumped Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers for Laser Therapy

Various forms of light therapy have been practiced around the world for many years. Among them the laser therapy has experienced a prosperous development in recent years. More and more laser equipment has been used in this field. In this study, we present an optical pumped vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (OP- VECSEL) system using semiconductor gain chip as the lasering material. Through carefully design of the semiconductor gain chip structure, the fundamental and frequency doubled laser emitting wavelength can be set to the range of 1040-1160nm and 520nm-580nm which is the mainly laser-tissue interact wavelength range for laser therapy. In a flat concave short cavity laser assembly test, the maximum fundamental frequency output power of the system is 1.6W using a 2% output coupler. Through a frequency doubling crystal, the continuous output power of the yellow green light can achieve 24mW.