675 MW DIFFRACTION LIMITED OPERATION AND THERMAL-CHARACTERISTICS OF LASER DIODE-ARRAYS IN AN EXTERNAL CAVITY

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作者
WAARTS, RG
MEHUYS, D
WELCH, DF
STREIFER, W
机构
[1] Spectra Diode Laboratories, San Jose, CA 95134-1356
关键词
Semiconductor lasers;
D O I
10.1049/el:19901017
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A compact external cavity configuration consisting of a high power gain guided laser array, a graded index lens and a mode selective mirror was investigated. The laser array was stabilised in a single spatial mode to an output power of 950 mW with 675 mW in a diffraction limited lobe under pulsed operation. The spatial mode properties of the external cavity are also correlated to thermal lasing effects in good agreement with theory. © 1990, The Institution of Electrical Engineers. All rights reserved.
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页码:1586 / 1588
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