• DocumentCode
    1779253
  • Title

    Thin film filter wavelength-locked laser cavity for spectral beam combining of diode laser arrays

  • Author

    Zimer, H. ; Haas, M. ; Ried, S. ; Tillkorn, C. ; Killi, A. ; Heinemann, S. ; Negoita, V. ; An, H. ; Schmidt, B.

  • Author_Institution
    TRUMPF Laser GmbH, Schramberg, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    12-16 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    230
  • Lastpage
    231
  • Abstract
    We describe a novel wavelength-stabilized multi-laser cavity, suited for kW-class dense spectral beam combining of broad-area diode laser emitters. The approach has been used to demonstrate spectral beam combining of multiple low fill-factor bars into a 100 μm fiber.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical filters; semiconductor laser arrays; thin film devices; broad-area diode laser emitters; dense spectral beam combining; laser cavity; spectral beam combining; thin film filter; wavelength locking; Cavity resonators; Diode lasers; Dispersion; Gratings; Laser beams; Lenses; Semiconductor laser arrays; beam quality; high brightness diode lasers; spectral beam combining; thin film filter; wavelength beam combing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995332
  • Filename
    6995332