Performance characteristics of high-brightness, CW, diode laser arrays |
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| Authors: | Welch DF Devito M Cardinal M Abraham M Kung H Harnagel G Cross P Scifres D Streifer W |
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| Affiliation: | Spectra Diode Laboratories, Inc., San Jose, USA; |
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| Abstract: | Recently developed, high-brightness diode laser arrays have been tested at 50°C at output powers of 0.5 W CW and 1.0W CW from 100?m- and 200?m-wide active regions, respectively. The extrapolated lifetimes at room temperature exceed 40000 h. The maximum CW power output prior to catastrophic degradation of the facets is 2.0 W for the 100?m device and greater than 3 W for the 200?m-aperture device. |
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