Patent ID: 6940885

Claim:
A monolithic integrated optically pumped vertical cavity surface emitting laser comprising: an electrically pumped pump laser including an edge emitting laser having a horizontal laser cavity with a mirror end and an output end opposite the mirror end, the edge emitting laser to emit a pump laser beam having a relatively short wavelength from the output end, and a light redirecting means integrated with the edge emitting laser, the light redirecting means to deflect the pump laser beam into a redirected pump laser beam; a bond having a first end joined to a surface of the electrically pumped pump laser; and an optically pumped vertical cavity surface emitting laser having a surface joined to a second end of the bond, the optically pumped vertical cavity surface emitting laser to receive the redirected pump laser beam having the relatively short wavelength and to generate an output laser beam having a relatively long wavelength in response to the redirected pump laser beam.