Harnessing multimode broad-area laser-diode emission into a single-lobe diffraction-limited spot

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1392-1394

  Stelmakh, Nikolai ^a  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical beam shaping; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

BINARY PHASE; BROAD-AREA LASER DIODE; BROAD-AREA LASERS; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; LASER CAVITY; MODE CONVERSIONS; MULTIMODES; OPTICAL BEAM SHAPING; OPTICAL BEAMS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS; PHASE MANIPULATIONS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 51349114842     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.902927     Document Type: Article

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