High power laser source with spectrally beam combined diode laser bars

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5336, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-10

  Hamilton, Chuck ^a   Tidwell, Steve ^a   Meekhof, Dawn ^a   Seamans, Jon ^a   Gitkind, Neil ^a   Lowenthal, Dennis ^a  

^a ACULIGHT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode lasers; High power; Incoherent beam combining; Spectral beam combining

Indexed keywords

HIGH POWER LASER SOURCES; INCOHERENT BEAM COMBINING; OPTICAL CAVITY; SPECTRAL BEAM COMBINING (SBC);

DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 3543099818     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.531595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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