3-W broad area lasers and 12-W bars with conversion efficiencies up to 40% at 650 nm

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1188-1193

  Sumpf, Bernd ^b   Zorn, Martin ^b   Staske, Ralf ^b   Fricke, Jörg ^b   Ressel, Peter ^b   Ginolas, Arnim ^b   Paschke, Katrin ^b   Erbert, Götz ^a,b   Weyers, Markus ^b   Tränkle, Günther ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous wave (CW) lasers; Laser reliability; Red lasers; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

CLADDING LAYERS; LASER RELIABILITY; OUTPUT POWERS; RED LASERS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LASER EXCITATION; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 35348992220     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.903372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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