• DocumentCode
    2862764
  • Title

    High-brightness wavelength-beam-combined diode laser stacks using a volume Bragg grating (VBG)

  • Author

    Chann, B. ; Goyal, A.K. ; Sanchez-Rubio, A. ; Fan, T.Y. ; Volodin, B.L. ; Ban, V.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Using VBG-stabilized wavelength beam combining of 3-bar diode laser stack, we demonstrate 89.5 W CW with beam quality M2 ~ 26 in the slow-axis and M2~21 in the fast-axis. The beam combining efficiency is 75%.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; laser beams; laser stability; semiconductor lasers; continuous-wave beam; diode laser; high-brightness laser stacks; power 89.5 W; stabilized laser stack; volume Bragg grating; wavelength-beam-combined laser stacks; Bragg gratings; Brightness; Diffraction gratings; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Lenses; Optical arrays; Reflectivity; Semiconductor laser arrays; (140.2010) Diode laser arrays; (140.3290) Laser beam shaping; (140.3300) Laser arrays; (140.3410) Laser resonators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627707
  • Filename
    4627707