Title :
Limitations to brightness in high power laser diodes
Author :
P. Crump;M. Winterfeldt;J. Decker;M. Ekterai;J. Fricke;A. Maaßdorf;G. Erbert;G. Tränkle
Author_Institution :
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH), Leibniz-Institut fü
Abstract :
A review is presented on how diagnostic studies, technological and design improvements and novel device configurations have enabled a more than fourfold improvement in lateral brightness in high power diode lasers, which demonstrate > 4W/mm-mrad.
Keywords :
"Brightness","Laser beams","Diode lasers","Power generation","Measurement by laser beam","Performance evaluation","Gratings"
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2015
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2015.7323490
