Experimental study of the delayed threshold phenomenon in a class-A VECSEL A. El Amili, G. Gredat, M. Alouini, I. Sagnes and F. Bretenaker Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys., 58 1 (2012) 10501 Published online: 30 March 2012 DOI: 10.1051/epjap/2012120070