• DocumentCode
    2382276
  • Title

    Wavelength dependence of catastrophic optical damage threshold in 980 nm semiconductor diode lasers

  • Author

    Lock, Daren ; Sweeney, Stephen J. ; Adams, Alfred R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    421
  • Abstract
    We investigate the wavelength dependence of the catastrophic optical damage current in 980 nm lasers. Using high pressure and low temperature techniques, we find an intrinsic dependence of this threshold on wavelength.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; high-temperature techniques; indium compounds; laser beam effects; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; 980 nm; GaAs-AlGaAs; InGaAs-InP; buried heterostructure lasers; catastrophic optical damage threshold; high pressure technique; low temperature technique; ridge waveguide lasers; semiconductor diode lasers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Gallium arsenide; Heating; Indium phosphide; Laser theory; Power generation; Power lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251888
  • Filename
    1251888