Limits on efficiency and power scaling in semiconductor disk lasers with diamond heatspreaders

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2228-2236

  Maclean, A J ^a   Birch, R B ^a   Roth, P W ^a   Kemp, A J ^a   Burns, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); HEAT RESISTANCE; PUMPS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

1060 NM; AT-WAVELENGTH; DIFFRACTION-LIMITED BEAMS; HEAT FLOWS; HEATSPREADERS; INTRACAVITIES; LASER SOURCES; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MIDINFRARED; MIRROR STRUCTURE; MULTIWATT; OUTPUT COUPLING; OUTPUT POWER; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; POWER-SCALING; SDL; SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASER; SPOT RADIUS; SPOT SIZES; SUBSTRATE REMOVAL; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; THERMAL RESISTANCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 73849088103     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.002228     Document Type: Article

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