Title :
High-brightness array of ridge-waveguide lasers for spectral beam combining at 980 nm
Author :
Michel, Nicolas ; Calligaro, Michel ; Lecomte, Michel ; Parilland, O. ; Krakowski, Michel ; Salet, Paul ; Lucas-Leelin, G. ; Georges, Patrick ; Bousselet, Philippe ; Simonneu, C. ; Bayart, Dominique
Author_Institution :
THALES Res. & Technol., Orsay, France
Abstract :
We developed an array of ridge waveguide lasers, including an aluminium-free active region. The linear power density exceeds 100 W/cm. The spectrally combined array was successfully applied to EDFA pumping around 980 nm.
Keywords :
erbium; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; ridge waveguides; semiconductor laser arrays; waveguide lasers; 980 nm; EDFA pumping; aluminium-free active region; high-brightness laser array; linear power density; ridge-waveguide laser; spectral beam; spectrally combined array; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567905
