5-W Reliable Operation Over 2000 h of 5-mm-Wide 650-nm AlGaInP-GaInP-AlGaAs Laser Bars With Asymmetric Cladding Layers

B. Sumpf, M. Zorn, R. Staske, J. Fricke, P. Ressel, G. Erbert, M. Weyers, G. Tränkle

Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, D-12489 Berlin, Germany

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Photonics Technology Letters vol.18 no.18 (2006) 1955-1957.
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Abstract:
Reliable operation of 650-nm laser bars with GaInP quantum wells embedded in AlGaInP waveguide layers and n-AlInP and p-AlGaAs cladding layers is reported. The 5-mm-wide bars consisting of ten emitters with 100- m-wide stripe width showed reliable operation over 2000 h at 5 W.

Index Terms:
Continuous-wave (CW) lasers, laser reliability, red laser bars, semiconductor lasers

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