• DocumentCode
    2241434
  • Title

    Catastrophic optical damage at front and rear facets of 975 nm emitting diode lasers

  • Author

    Hempel, M. ; Tomm, J.W. ; Ziegler, M. ; Elsaesser, T. ; Michel, N. ; Krakowski, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Born-Inst., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Catastrophic facet degradation at highest power levels is analyzed for different diode laser waveguide architectures. Degradation events at front and rear facet are analyzed and predominant damage at the rear is elucidated for Al-free waveguides.
  • Keywords
    quantum well lasers; waveguide lasers; catastrophic facet degradation; catastrophic optical damage; diode laser waveguide architectures; edge-emitting diode lasers; wavelength 975 nm; Degradation; Diode lasers; Heating; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950666