Title : 
CW and pulsed high-power semiconductor separate-confinement double heterostructure lasers
         
        
            Author : 
Pikhtin, N.A. ; Tarasov, I.S. ; Slipchenko, S.O.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Ioffe Physico-Tech. Inst., St. Petersburg, Russia
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The concept of high power semiconductor lasers based on separate-confinement double heterostructures with quantum wells is presented. Physical and technologic factors limiting optical output power of CW and pulsed semiconductor lasers are discussed.
         
        
            Keywords : 
quantum well lasers; CW semiconductor lasers; high power semiconductor lasers; optical output power; pulsed high-power semiconductor lasers; quantum wells; separate-confinement double heterostructure lasers; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2012 IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Seattle, WA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-1526-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/PHOSST.2012.6280784