25-W CW high-brightness tapered semiconductor laser-array

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 412-414

  Mikulla, M ^a   Schmitt, A ^a   Walther, M ^a   Kiefer, R ^a   Pletschen, W ^a   Braunstein, J ^a   Weimann, G ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

BEAM FILAMENTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ARRAYS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0033114948     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.752532     Document Type: Article

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