Macro-channel cooled, high power, fiber coupled diode lasers exceeding 1.2kW of output power

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7918, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Koenning, Tobias ^a   Alegria, Kim ^a   Wang, Zoulan ^a   Segref, Armin ^a   Stapleton, Dean ^a   Faßbender, Wilhelm ^b   Flament, Marco ^b   Rotter, Karsten ^b   Noeske, Axel ^b   Biesenbach, Jens ^b  

^a DILAS Diode Laser Inc USA   (United States)

^b DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber coupling; High power diode laser; Materials processing

Indexed keywords

BEAM PARAMETER; DESIGN TRADEOFF; DIODE LASER BAR; DIODE LASERS; DUAL WAVELENGTH; FAILURE MECHANISM; FIBER COUPLINGS; FIBER-COUPLED DIODE LASERS; HIGH POWER DIODE LASER; HIGH-POWER; LASER BAR; MATERIALS PROCESSING; MICROCHANNEL COOLERS; MODULAR DESIGNS; NEW SERIES; OPTICAL POWER; OUTPUT POWER; OVERALL COSTS; PILOT BEAM; POLARIZATION MULTIPLEXING; POWER MONITORING; POWER-SCALING; SINGLE FIBER; SINGLE WAVELENGTH; SOLDERING PROCESS; WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS;

DIODES; FIBERS; LASER BEAM WELDING; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL DESIGN; COOLING WATER; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEAT SINKS; LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING; LUMINANCE; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 79953826597     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.875795     Document Type: Conference Paper

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