20W continuous wave reliable operation of 980nm broad-area single emitter diode lasers with an aperture of 96μm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7198, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Crump, P ^a   Blume, G ^a   Paschke, K ^a   Staske, R ^a   Pietrzak, A ^a   Zeimer, U ^a   Einfeldt, S ^a   Ginolas, A ^a   Bugge, F ^a   Hausler K ^a   Ressel, P ^a   Wenzel, H ^a   Erbert, G ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diode lasers; High optical power; Limitations and failure mechanisms; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BROAD AREA DIODE LASERS; BROAD-AREA LASER DIODE; CONTINUOUS WAVE; CONTINUOUS-WAVE OPTICAL OUTPUT POWER; CONTINUOUS-WAVE POWER; DIODE LASERS; HIGH OPTICAL POWER; HIGH-POWER; LASER SYSTEMS; LIMITATIONS AND FAILURE MECHANISMS; MAXIMUM POWER; MULTIMODE; OPTICAL ENERGY; PEAK POWER; POWER DENSITIES; POWER LIMIT; RELIABLE OPERATION; SINGLE EMITTER; STEP-STRESS; STRIPE WIDTH;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIODES; FIBER LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); RELIABILITY; WAVE POWER;

HIGH ENERGY LASERS;

EID: 65649090668     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.807263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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