High-brightness high-power kW-system with tapered diode laser bars

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5711, Issue , 2005, Pages 73-84

  Köhler, Bernd ^a   Biesenbach, Jens ^a   Brand, Thomas ^a   Haag, Matthias ^a   Huke, Sandra ^a   Noeske, Axel ^a   Seibold, Gabriele ^a   Behringer, Martin ^b   Luft, Johann ^b  

^a DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH   (Germany)

^b OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Diode laser stack; Fiber coupling; High brightness; High power diode laser; Incoherent coupling; Tapered diode laser

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FIBER OPTICS; LASER BEAM WELDING; LASER BEAMS; MULTIPLEXING; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

BEAM QUALITY; DIODE LASER STACK; FIBER COUPLING; HIGH BRIGHTNESS; HIGH POWER DIODE LASERS; INCOHERENT COUPLING; TAPERED DIODE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 21844436792     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.589044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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