Current spread and overheating of high power laser bars

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3880-3889

  Laikhtman, B ^a,c   Gourevitch, A ^b   Donetsky, D ^b   Westerfeld, D ^b   Belenky, G ^b  

^a Power Photonic   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYER; CURRENT SPREAD; ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; POWER DISSIPATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLADDING (COATING); CURRENT DENSITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT RESISTANCE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEPARATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

HIGH POWER LASERS;

EID: 2342624524     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1655687     Document Type: Article

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