Design and fabrication of low beam divergence and high kink-free power lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1124-1130

  Qiu, Bocang ^a   McDougall, Stewart D ^a   Liu, Xuefeng ^a   Bacchin, Gianluca ^a   Marsh, John H ^a  

^a Intense Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

830 nm laser; 980 nm laser; Beam divergence; Kink free; Quantum well intermixing

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LASER MODES; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL DESIGN; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

HIGH KINK-FREE POWER LASERS; LOW BEAM DIVERGENCE; QUANTUM WELL INTERMIXING;

HIGH POWER LASERS;

EID: 24744447237     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.853359     Document Type: Article

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