Joule-Class 940 nm Diode Laser Bars for Millisecond Pulse Applications
P. Crump1, C. Frevert1, A. Ginolas1, S. Knigge1, A. Maaßdorf1, J. Lotz2, W. Fassbender2, J. Neukum2, J. Körner3, T. Töpfer3, A. Pranovich4, M. Divoky4, A. Lucianetti4, T. Mocek4, K. Ertel5, M. De Vido5,G. Erbert1 and G. Tränkle1
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IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC 2015), Reston, VA, USA, Oct. 4-8, pp. 555-556 (2015).
Abstract:
Diode laser bars with optimized epitaxial designs, long resonators and passivated facets deliver joule-class millisecond pulses (kilowatts of peak power) with the properties needed by advanced high-energy-class solid-state laser systems, at brightness over 3 MW/(cm2sr).
1 Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, 12489 Berlin, Germany
2 DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH, Galileo-Galilei-Str. 10, 55129 Mainz, Germany
3 Lastronics GmbH, Winzerlaer-Str. 2, 07745 Jena, Germany
4 HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i., Za Radnicí 528, 25241 Dolní Brezany, Czech Republic
5 Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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