Thermal management in 2.3-μm semiconductor disk lasers: A finite element analysis

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-135

  Kemp, Alan J ^a   Hopkins, John Mark ^a   Maclean, Alexander J ^a   Schulz, Nico ^b   Rattunde, Marcel ^b   Wagner, Joachim ^b   Burns, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diode pumped solid state lasers; Semiconductor disk lasers; Vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers (VECSELs )

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLID STATE LASERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

DIODE-PUMP SOLID-STATE LASERS; SEIMCONDUCTOR DISK LASER; THERMAL IMPEDANCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 38349031402     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.911673     Document Type: Article

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