Title :
High-Power, High-Brightness Al-free Active Region Tapered Lasers at 975 nm with Planar, Fully Gain Guided Geometry
Author :
Krakowski, M. ; Calligaro, M. ; Michel, N. ; Lecomte, M. ; Parillaud, O.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Thales 3-5 Lab, Route Départementale 128, 91767 Palaiseau, France, michel.krakowski@thalesgroup.com
Abstract :
planar, fully gain guided tapered lasers deliver 1.5 W CW, with M2 = 1.6, T0 = 143 K and a slow axis divergence of only 1.3° FWHM and 2.4° at 1/e2.
Keywords :
Brightness; Fiber lasers; Geometrical optics; Laser beams; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800883