Improvement of brightness and output power of high-power laser diodes in the visible spectral region

Optics Communications

Volumn 219, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 369-375

  Samsoe E ^a,b   Malm, P ^b   Andersen, P E ^a   Petersen, P M ^a   Andersson Engels, S ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Brightness; Fiber coupling; Laser diodes; Optical feedback

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

BEAM QUALITY; BRIGHTNESS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0344089041     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(03)01316-6     Document Type: Article

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