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1 April 2022 High power diffraction-limited tapered diode lasers at 885 nm and 980 nm
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Proceedings Volume PC11983, High-Power Diode Laser Technology XX; PC1198305 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2611182
Event: SPIE LASE, 2022, San Francisco, California, United States
Abstract
Broad area diode lasers operate with high power and efficiency but suffer from poor beam quality. Diffraction-limited lasers with equivalent power offer a disruptive alternative for applications ranging from fiber laser pumping to automotive LIDAR. We report >9 W continuous output power with 50% E/O from tapered diode lasers at 885 and 980 nm. We show for the first time that beam quality degradation with increasing injection is completely mitigated and maintain a slow-axis M^2 of 1.3 from threshold to rollover. These devices are suitable for use as the building block of geometrical, spectral, and coherent beam combined arrays.
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Jenna Campbell, Michelle Labrecque, Kevin McClune, Fedor Talantov, Elliot Burke, Daniel S. Renner, Milan L. Mashanovitch, Leif A. Johansson, and Paul O. Leisher "High power diffraction-limited tapered diode lasers at 885 nm and 980 nm", Proc. SPIE PC11983, High-Power Diode Laser Technology XX, PC1198305 (1 April 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2611182
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KEYWORDS
High power lasers

Semiconductor lasers

Fiber lasers

Broad area laser diodes

Laser applications

LIDAR

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