High peak current pulsed CW laser diode lifetime

P. Yankov

doi:10.1117/12.726997

13 March 2007 High peak current pulsed CW laser diode lifetime

P. Yankov

Proceedings Volume 6604, 14th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications; 66041M (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.726997
Event: 14th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications, 2006, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria

Abstract

The data represent life time test of a CW diode running in pulsed regime. It is shown that the reliability of CW laser diode run with 10 times higher peak currents is enough for many applications, where high peak power, high repetition rate diodes are a better choice than DPSS lasers.

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P. Yankov "High peak current pulsed CW laser diode lifetime", Proc. SPIE 6604, 14th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications, 66041M (13 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.726997

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