Near 1 kW of continuous-wave power from a single high-efficiency diode-laser bar

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 960-962

  Li, Hanxuan ^a   Towe, Terry ^a   Chyr, Irving ^a   Brown, Denny ^a   Nguyen, Touyen ^a   Reinhardt, Frank ^a   Jin, Xu ^a   Srinivasan, Raman ^a   Berube, Myra ^a   Truchan, Tom ^a   Bullock, Robert ^a   Harrison, James ^a  

^a Spectra Physics Lasers Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser bars; Laser diodes; Quantum conversion efficiency; Quantum well laser

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT SINKS; LASER OPTICS; QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

CONTINUOUS-WAVE POWER; LASER BARS; QUANTUM CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; WATER-COOLED MICROCHANNEL HEAT SINK;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 34250192229     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.898820     Document Type: Article

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