• DocumentCode
    447959
  • Title

    Theoretical and experimental study of improved catastrophic optical damage performance in 830nm high power lasers with non-absorbing mirrors

  • Author

    Silver, M. ; Kowalski, O.P. ; Hutchinson, I. ; Liu, X. ; McDougall, S.D. ; Marsh, J.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Hamilton Int. Technol. Park, Scotland
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    27-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    414
  • Lastpage
    416
  • Abstract
    We carry out a systematic theoretical and experimental study on the improvement in catastrophic optical damage of 830 nm lasers with non-absorbing mirrors. We find a three-fold increase in COD optical power level compared to conventional lasers
  • Keywords
    laser mirrors; laser reliability; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; 830 nm; catastrophic optical damage; high power laser; nonabsorbing mirror; optical power level; ridge waveguide laser; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical surface waves; Photonic band gap; Power generation; Power lasers; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201797
  • Filename
    1572863