Title :
100 kW laser diode module for DPSSL fusion driver
Author :
Kawashima, T. ; Matsui, H. ; Kanabe, T. ; Yamanaka, M. ; Izawa, Y. ; Nakai, S. ; Kanzaki, T. ; Matsui, K. ; Miyamoto, M. ; Kan, H. ; Hiruma, T.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan
fDate :
Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
Abstract :
High peak power laser diode arrays are required for pumping solid-state lasers as the laser fusion driver. We report successful achievement of a 100 kW peak power diode laser module as the pump source of 10 J/spl times/10 Hz Nd:glass slab laser in order to verify a small scale experiment of the diode-pumped solid-state laser (DPSSL) driver for inertial fusion energy development. The AlGaAs laser diode structures were grown by the MOCVD method and employed the quantum well structures.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; chemical vapour deposition; fusion reactor instrumentation; gallium arsenide; laser beams; laser fusion; neodymium; optical fabrication; optical pumping; quantum well lasers; semiconductor laser arrays; solid lasers; 10 Hz; 10 J; 1000 kW; AlGaAs; AlGaAs laser diode structure; MOCVD method; Nd:glass slab laser; diode pumped solid state laser fusion driver; diode-pumped solid-state laser driver; high peak power laser diode arrays; inertial fusion energy development; laser fusion driver; peak power diode laser module; pump source; quantum well structures; small scale experiment; solid-state lasers; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser fusion; Optical arrays; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Slabs; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul, South Korea
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5661-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811383
