Title :
90 W CW red laser diode bar
Author :
Geels, Randall S. ; Sakamoto, Masamichi ; Welch, David F.
Author_Institution :
SDL Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1994
Abstract :
We report 1 cm wide monolithic arrays of semiconductor laser diodes emitting output powers up to 90 W CW. Bars with lower fill factors were found to fail by catastrophic optical damage (COD) whereas the highest fill factor bars were limited in output power by heating effects
Keywords :
semiconductor laser arrays; 1 cm; 90 W; CW red laser diode bar; catastrophic optical damage; failure; fill factor; heating effects; monolithic arrays; output power; semiconductor laser diodes; Bars; Diode lasers; Heating; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical arrays; Optical materials; Power generation; Power lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1470-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1994.587022
