Title :
Commercialization of high power diode lasers and diode pumped lasers
Author :
DeShazer, Larry G.
Author_Institution :
McDonnell Douglas Aerosp., St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
McDonnell Douglas has delivered diode-pumped lasers for space and military applications, and started in 1991 to develop lasers for the commercial marketplace. This paper describes the development at McDonnell Douglas of their commercial laser products of high power direct diode laser systems and diode pumped solid state lasers. Through a combination of diode lasers and micro-optics, McDonnell Douglas developed high power fully collimated point source arrays and quasi-collimated arrays
Keywords :
commerce; laser beam applications; optical collimators; optical pumping; semiconductor laser arrays; semiconductor lasers; McDonnell Douglas; commercial laser products; commercial marketplace; commercialization; diode lasers; diode pumped lasers; diode pumped solid state lasers; diode-pumped lasers; high power diode lasers; high power direct diode laser systems; high power fully collimated point source arrays; micro-optics; military applications; quasi-collimated arrays; space; Commercialization; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Lenses; Optical arrays; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Slabs; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379381
