Thermal characteristics of high-power, long pulse width, quasi-CW laser diode arrays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5336, Issue , 2004, Pages 203-211

  Meadows, Byron L ^a   Amzajerdian, Farzin ^a   Baker, Nathaniel R ^a   Sudesh, Vikas ^b   Singh, Upendra N ^a   Kavaya, Michael J ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser diode array; Laser diode pump; Lifetime; Solid state laser; Thermal characteristics

Indexed keywords

LASER DIODE ARRAYS; LASER DIODE PUMPS; LIFETIME; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ARRAYS; DEGRADATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLID STATE LASERS; STRESSES; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 3543147781     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.531760     Document Type: Conference Paper

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