• DocumentCode
    1033392
  • Title

    Fundamental-Lateral Mode Stabilized High-Power Ridge-Waveguide Lasers With a Low Beam Divergence

  • Author

    Wenzel, H. ; Bugge, F. ; Dallmer, M. ; Dittmar, F. ; Fricke, J. ; Hasler, K.-H. ; Erbert, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Ferdinand-Braun-Inst. fur Hochstfrequenztechnik, Berlin
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    214
  • Lastpage
    216
  • Abstract
    We compare ridge-waveguide lasers with trench widths of 5 and 20 mum. The emission wavelength is around 1064 nm and the ridge width is 5 m. The maximum output power exceeds 2 W. The 5-mum trench-width device exhibits a much more stable lateral far-field. The full-width at half-maximum of the vertical far-field profile is only 15deg due to a super-large optical cavity.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; laser modes; laser stability; optical fabrication; ridge waveguides; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; high-power lasers; laser stability; lateral mode stability; optical fabrication; ridge-waveguide lasers; semiconductor lasers; size 20 mum; size 5 mum; wavelength 1064 nm; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical pumping; Power generation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission; Waveguide lasers; High-power lasers; ridge-waveguide (RW) lasers; semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2007.913328
  • Filename
    4429345