Limitations to brightness in high power laser diodes
P. Crump, M. Winterfeldt, J. Decker, M. Ekterai, J. Fricke, A. Maaßdorf, G. Erbert and G. Tränkle
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IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC 2015), Reston, VA, USA, Oct. 4-8, pp. 553-554 (2015).
Abstract:
A review is presented on how diagnostic studies, technological and design improvements and novel device configurations have enabled a more than fourfold improvement in lateral brightness in high power diode lasers, which demonstrate > 4W/mm-mrad.
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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