Title :
Improved heat-sink design for coherent laser arrays
Author :
Tavis, M.T. ; Garmire, E.M.
Author_Institution :
Aerospace Corporation, Electronics Research Laboratory, Los Angeles, USA
Abstract :
A heat sink with a cap whose lateral dimensions match the width of a laser array will remarkably improve the temperature uniformity in the array facilitating phase-locked operation.
Keywords :
heat sinks; semiconductor junction lasers; coherent laser arrays; heat-sink design; phase-locked laser arrays; phase-locked operation; semiconductor lasers; temperature uniformity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840473
