The BRIDLE project: High brilliance diode lasers for industrial applications

Author

Unger, Alexander ; Brand, Thomas ; Bull, S. ; Larkins, E.C. ; Traub, Martin ; Hengesbach, S. ; Uusimaa, P. ; Vilokkinen, V. ; Crump, P. ; Erbert, Gotz ; Lucas-Leclin, Gaelle ; Georges, Patrick ; Rataj, T. ; Deichsel, E.

Author_Institution

DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH, Mainz, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

16-17 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

29

Abstract

We report on the EC BRIDLE project, which aims to develop a direct diode laser source (with more than 2kW of output power from a 100μm diameter optical fibre and an efficiency of 40%) for industrial sheet metal cutting applications. The project concepts are explored, from novel tailored diode laser mini-bars to advanced beam combining architectures.

Keywords

brightness; fibre lasers; laser beam cutting; laser beams; semiconductor lasers; EC BRIDLE project; advanced beam combining architectures; direct diode laser source; efficiency; high brilliance diode lasers; industrial sheet metal cutting applications; optical fibre; output power; size 100 mum; tailored diode laser mini-bars; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser beam cutting; Laser beams; Optical fibers; Semiconductor lasers; High power diode lasers; brightness scaling; laser material processing; wavelength multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Power Diode Lasers and Systems Conference (HPD), 2013

Conference_Location

Coventry

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2747-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HPD.2013.6706602

Filename

6706602