Title :
Record high CW power for monolithic diode arrays at 940 nm and 808 nm
Author :
He, X. ; Patel, R. ; Ovtchinnikov, A. ; Kanskar, M. ; Yang, S. ; Harrison, J.
Author_Institution :
Opto Power Corp., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Record high CW power (198 W) from a 1 cm wide aperture has been demonstrated at 940 nm. It is attributed to the high efficiency of array, efficient cooling of the heatsink and uniform material quality. We also report 115 W CW power at 808 nm
Keywords :
cooling; heat sinks; laser transitions; optical pumping; semiconductor laser arrays; 1 cm; 115 W; 198 W; 808 nm; 940 nm; CW power; cooling; heatsink; laser transitions; monolithic diode arrays; record high CW power; uniform material quality; Apertures; Biomedical optical imaging; Diode lasers; Heat sinks; Helium; Optical arrays; Optical pumping; Optical recording; Semiconductor laser arrays; Water heating;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.813483
