Very high power operation of 980-nm single-mode InGaAs/AlGaAs pump lasers

M. A. Bettiati; C. Starck; F. Laruelle; V. Cargemel; P. Pagnod; P. Garabedian; D. Keller; G. Ughetto; J-C. Bertreux; L. Raymond; G. Gelly; R-M. Capella

doi:10.1117/12.643781

15 February 2006 Very high power operation of 980 nm single-mode InGaAs/AlGaAs pump lasers

M. A. Bettiati, C. Starck, F. Laruelle, V. Cargemel, P. Pagnod, P. Garabedian, D. Keller, G. Ughetto, J-C. Bertreux, L. Raymond, G. Gelly, R-M. Capella

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Proceedings Volume 6104, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications IV; 61040F (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.643781
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We report on the development of a new generation of very high power 980 nm single lateral mode ridge-waveguide quantum-well lasers. An asymmetric-waveguides vertical structure has been optimized for very low internal losses while keeping the vertical mode-size large, thus allowing a low vertical far-field beam angle of less than 19°. Careful optimization of the doping profiles, and epitaxial interfaces optimization for reduced scattering, allowed to obtain internal losses as low as 0.6-0.7 cm^-1. Such low losses are necessary to keep the external efficiency high in very long cavities, together with a high internal quantum efficiency. We thus reached our goal of keeping the external efficiency above 70% even for cavity lengths of 4.5 mm. The flared ridge waveguide has been designed to strongly filter higher order lateral modes, and kink-free operation has been obtained up to over 1.5 W output power, with very stable vertical and horizontal beam patterns. High saturation powers above 2 W have also been demonstrated at 25°C, and over 1.5 W at 75°C. Wavelength stabilized chips, by means of a fiber Bragg grating, reached linear fiber powers above 1.0 W with strong suppression of gain-peak lasing at all currents and good power stability.

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M. A. Bettiati, C. Starck, F. Laruelle, V. Cargemel, P. Pagnod, P. Garabedian, D. Keller, G. Ughetto, J-C. Bertreux, L. Raymond, G. Gelly, and R-M. Capella "Very high power operation of 980 nm single-mode InGaAs/AlGaAs pump lasers", Proc. SPIE 6104, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications IV, 61040F (15 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.643781

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