High-power and high-efficiency distributed feedback (DFB) lasers operating in the 1.4-1.6 mm range for eye-safe applications

Toby Garrod; François Brunet; Christian Galstad; Michael Klaus; Don Olson; Chris Zenner; Yan Xiao; Luke Mawst; Dan Botez

doi:10.1117/12.2004060

26 February 2013 High-power and high-efficiency distributed feedback (DFB) lasers operating in the 1.4-1.6 μm range for eye-safe applications

Toby Garrod, François Brunet, Christian Galstad, Michael Klaus, Don Olson, Chris Zenner, Yan Xiao, Luke Mawst, Dan Botez

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Proceedings Volume 8605, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications XI; 86050I (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2004060
Event: SPIE LASE, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Incorporating monolithic distributed feedback (DFB) gratings into broad-area (BA) diode lasers results in ten times narrower spectral width and four-to-five times lower thermal shift in emission wavelength. We report on our progress to obtaining a high-power, high-efficiency DFB diode pump in the 1.4-1.6 μm wavelength range for use in industrial and military, eye-safe applications. Results for Fabry-Perot diode lasers emitting at 1530 nm are also discussed. We report on an index-guided, single-emitter design (0.15 x 0.01 cm²) capable of producing 2.5 W of continuous-wave output power at room-temperature with a peak power conversion efficiency of 50%.

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Toby Garrod, François Brunet, Christian Galstad, Michael Klaus, Don Olson, Chris Zenner, Yan Xiao, Luke Mawst, and Dan Botez "High-power and high-efficiency distributed feedback (DFB) lasers operating in the 1.4-1.6 μm range for eye-safe applications", Proc. SPIE 8605, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications XI, 86050I (26 February 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2004060

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