• DocumentCode
    3006569
  • Title

    Integrated 10th Order Fresnel Lens Design for Beam Quality Enhancement in Tapered Laser Diode

  • Author

    Lau, F.K. ; Tee, C.W. ; Kwok, C.H. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Michel, N. ; Krakowski, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An integrated 10th order Fresnel lens capable of improving the laser beam quality is reported. The far-field divergence is narrowed by an average of 1.9deg (29%) and an overall M2- factor improvement of 15% is recorded.
  • Keywords
    lenses; semiconductor lasers; Fresnel lens design; beam quality enhancement; far-field divergence; tapered laser diode; Diode lasers; Etching; Laser beams; Laser theory; Lenses; Optical design; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452688
  • Filename
    4452688