Provided is a Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VECSEL).
The VECSEL includes a semiconductor chip, a pump laser, a narrow
bandwidth polarization filter, an external mirror, and a Second Harmonic
Generation (SHG) element. The semiconductor chip includes an active layer
generating light having a wavelength and a reflective layer reflecting
the light generated in the active layer. The pump laser emits a pump beam
for exciting the active layer. The narrow bandwidth polarization filter
is formed on the semiconductor chip and polarizes the light. The external
mirror faces the active layer, amplifies the light emitted from the
active layer by repeatedly reflecting the light toward the reflective
layer, and outputs the amplified light out of the VECSEL. The SHG element
is disposed between the narrow bandwidth polarization filter and the
external mirror and converts the wavelength of the light.