Reliable 1-W CW operation of high-brightness tapered diode lasers at 735 nm

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 984-986

  Sumpf, Bernd ^a   Beister, Gert ^a   Erbert, Götz ^a   Fricke, Jörg ^a   Knauer, Arne ^a   Ressel, Peter ^a   Tränkle, Günther ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

High brightness diode lasers; Tapered lasers; Tensile strained GaAsP quantum wells

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; RELIABILITY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CONTINUOUS WAVE OPERATION; INDEX GUIDED STRAIGHT SECTION; TAPERED DIODE LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 1942532796     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.824949     Document Type: Article

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