A high-brightness QCW pump source using a pre-aligned GRIN lens array with refractive beam correction

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6876, Issue , 2008, Pages

  McBride, Roy ^a   Baker, Howard ^a   Neron, Jean Luc ^b   Doric, Sead ^b   Mariottini, Cristina ^c   Nava, Enzo ^c   Stucchi, Emanuele ^c   Milanesi, Paolo ^c  

^a PowerPhotonic   (United Kingdom)

^b Doric Lenses Inc   (Canada)

^c CESI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beam correction; Collimation; High brightness; High power diode laser stack

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIODES; ERRORS; LASERS; LENSES; LUMINANCE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICS; POWDERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; TECHNOLOGY; VEGETATION; WAVEFRONTS;

APPLIED (CO); BEAM CORRECTION; BEAM DIVERGENCE; CONDUCTION-COOLED; CYLINDRICAL LENSES; DIODE LASERS; FAST AXIS; GRADIENT INDEX (GRIN) LENSES; HIGH POWERS; HIGH-BRIGHTNESS (HB); MAPPING SYSTEMS; POSITIONING ERRORS; PRE-ALIGNED; PUMP SOURCES; SIDE-PUMPING; THIN SLABS; WAVE FRONT CORRECTION; WAVE FRONTS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 44949122532     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.765485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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