Industrial high-power diode lasers: reliability, power, and brightness

Stephan Strohmaier; Haiyan An; Thilo Vethake

doi:10.1117/12.906832

8 February 2012 Industrial high-power diode lasers: reliability, power, and brightness

Stephan Strohmaier, Haiyan An, Thilo Vethake

Proceedings Volume 8241, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications X; 82410Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.906832
Event: SPIE LASE, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

High power semiconductor lasers, single emitters and bars are developing fast. During the last decade key parameters of diode lasers, such as beam quality, power, spatial and spectral brightness, efficiency as well as reliability have been greatly improved. However, often only individual parameters have been optimized, accepting an adverse effect in the other key parameters. For demanding industrial applications in most cases it is not sufficient to achieve a record value in one of the parameters, on the contrary it is necessary to optimize all the mentioned parameters simultaneously. To be able to achieve this objective it is highly advantageous to have insight in the whole process chain, from epitaxial device structure design and growth, wafer processing, mounting, heat sink design, product development and finally the customer needs your final product has to fulfill. In this publication an overview of recent advances in industrial diode lasers at TRUMPF will be highlighted enabling advanced applications for both high end pump sources as well as highest brightness direct diode.

Citation Download Citation

Stephan Strohmaier, Haiyan An, and Thilo Vethake "Industrial high-power diode lasers: reliability, power, and brightness", Proc. SPIE 8241, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications X, 82410Z (8 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.906832

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available