Laser apparatus in which surface-emitting semiconductor is excited with semiconduct laser element and high-order oscillation modes are suppressed

摘要

A laser apparatus includes a semiconductor laser element, a surface-emitting semiconductor element including a first mirror, and a second mirror. The semiconductor laser element emits first laser light having a first wavelength. The surface-emitting semiconductor element is excited with the first laser light, and emits second laser light having a second wavelength which is longer than the first wavelength. The first mirror in the surface-emitting semiconductor element is arranged on one side of the first active layer. The second mirror is arranged outside the surface-emitting semiconductor element so that the first and second mirrors form a resonator in which the second laser light resonates. The surface-emitting semiconductor element includes a structure for controlling a spatial mode of the second laser light.