High power laser diodes

Author

Harder, Christoph

Author_Institution

Bookham, Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

7-11 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

3

Abstract

The 20-year-evolution of high-power laser diodes with a multitude of device designs that explore various practical applications is presented. The four major applications for high-power diode lasers, namely pumps for EDFAs, YAG rods, disk lasers and fiber lasers have a tremendous impact on the selection process in this evolution. The laser diode evolution has driven the industry towards very simple device designs, such as the narrow stripe and broad area laser, and to very robust and high yielding manufacturing technology.

Keywords

erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; DWDM; EDFA; YAG; YAG rods; YAl5O12; broad area laser; device designs; disk lasers; fiber lasers; high power laser; high yielding manufacturing technology; laser diodes; narrow stripe laser; optical pumps; telecommunication applications; transcontinental communication links; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Manufacturing industries; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8557-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363081

Filename

1363081