• DocumentCode
    3763697
  • Title

    Recent progress on high-brightness kW-class direct diode lasers

  • Author

    Robin K. Huang;Bryce Samson;Bien Chann;Bryan Lochman;Parviz Tayebati

  • Author_Institution
    TeraDiode, Inc., Wilmington, MA
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    29
  • Lastpage
    30
  • Abstract
    TeraDiode is manufacturing multi-kW-class ultra-high brightness fiber-coupled direct diode lasers for industrial applications. Our TeraBlade industrial platform achieves world-record brightness levels for direct diode lasers. The laser output has a Beam Parameter Product (BPP) of 4 mm-mrad. This 4-kW fiber-coupled direct diode laser has a comparable BPP to industrial fiber and solid state lasers used for cutting and welding processes.
  • Keywords
    "Diode lasers","Laser beams","Brightness","Optical fiber couplers","Power generation","Solid lasers","Welding"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High Power Diode Lasers and Systems Conference (HPD), 2015 IEEE
  • ISSN
    2379-0385
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-9177-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2379-0393
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HPD.2015.7439679
  • Filename
    7439679