Monolithic Diode-Laser Arrays
Published on 19. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 396 pages
978-3-642-78944-1 (ISBN)
Description
Over the last two decades, the search for a compact, high-power semiconductor source has produced many designs and concepts for monolithic diode-laser arrays and optical amplifiers. However, only a few design approaches have emerged with the potential for producing high-power, high-brightness monolithic sources. Although semiconductor-diode lasers are the most compact, highest gain and most efficient laser sources, challenges remain in developing structures that will produce high-quality, diffraction-limited output beams. This book presents and analyzes the results of work performed over the last twenty years in the development of high-brightness diode-laser arrays.
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"The many figures and references make this an excellent review of the field. I recommend this book not only to researchers in the field of optoelectronics, but also in laser science." - Optics and Photonics NewsMore details
Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XII, 396 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
628 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-78944-1 (9783642789441)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-78942-7
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Nils W. Carlson
Monolithic Diode-Laser Arrays
Book
10/1994
Springer
€85.55
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Content
1. Introduction and Background.- 1.1 History of Diode-Laser Array Development.- 1.2 Nonsemiconductor Laser Arrays.- 1.3 Contributing Factors to Developing Monolithic Diode-Laser Arrays.- 1.4 Design Concepts for Coherent Diode-Laser Arrays.- 2. Fundamentals of High-Power Operation.- 2.1 Threshold Characteristics.- 2.2 Current-Gain Properties.- 2.3 Optimizing Operation Above-Threshold.- 2.4 Scaling Properties of Semiconductor and Non-Semiconductor Lasers.- 2.5 Scaling Limitations on Power Performance of Diode Lasers.- 2.6 Effect of Carriers on Optical Properties.- 2.7 Linewidth Broadening Factor.- 2.8 Thermal Effects in High-Power Arrays.- 3. Spatial and Spectral Mode Discrimination.- 3.1 Spatial Modes of Planar Semiconductor Waveguides.- 3.2 Lateral-Mode Discrimination and Modal Gain.- 3.3 Single-Frequency Operation.- 3.4 Frequency-Locking of Diode-Laser Oscillators.- 4. Theoretical Models for Monolithic Diode-Laser Arrays.- 4.1 Multi-Layer Waveguide Structures.- 4.2 Analysis of Diode-Laser Waveguide Structures.- 4.3 Self-Consistent Models.- 4.4 Optical Coherence Theory.- 5. Gain-Guided Diode-Laser Oscillators.- 5.1 Multiple-Stripe Gain-Guided Laser Array Structures.- 5.2 Gain-Tailored Structures.- 5.3 Unstable-Resonator Diode Lasers.- 6. Index-Guided Diode-Laser Array Oscillators.- 6.1 Channeled-Substrate Planar Laser Arrays.- 6.2 Ridge-Guided Laser Arrays.- 6.3 Leaky-Wave-Coupled Arrays.- 7. Surface-Emitting Diode-Laser Arrays.- 7.1 Fundamentals of GSE Diode-Laser Arrays.- 7.2 Mode Discrimination Properties of GSE Laser Arrays.- 7.3 Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Arrays.- 8. Master-Oscillator Power-Amplifier Diode Lasers.- 8.1 Edge-Emitting MOPAs.- 8.2 Grating-Coupled Surface-Emitting MOPAs.- References.