Trends and perspectives of high-power diode lasers for industrial applications

Author

Behringer, Morfiri

Author_Institution

Osram Opto Semiconductors, Regensburg, Germany

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

141

Abstract

This paper is proposed on the development of high power diode lasers and the generation of a wide variety of industrial applications. With the availability of diode laser light in the visible spectral range, new applications enter the focus: illumination and imaging. Night vision systems are intensively investigated and they make use of the availability of high power light sources from diode lasers. The blue and green light will be generated by frequency conversion and red light out of diode lasers with high power levels. High power diode lasers have combined these advantages and are a perfect tool for a great variety of applications.

Keywords

laser beam applications; lighting; night vision; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor lasers; frequency conversion; high power light sources; high-power diode lasers; illumination; imaging; industrial applications; light emitting lasers; night vision systems; plastic optical fibres transmission; visible spectral range; Bars; Costs; Diode lasers; Laser beam cutting; Laser beams; Lighting; Optical imaging; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7734-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312202

Filename

1312202