Dense array slab-coupled optical waveguide laser capable of 500W/bar

Mehmet Dogan; Gary M. Smith; Leo J. Missaggia; Michael K. Connors; Joseph P. Donnelly; George W. Turner; Jonah H. Jacob

doi:10.1117/12.2039566

7 March 2014 Dense array slab-coupled optical waveguide laser capable of 500W/bar

Mehmet Dogan, Gary M. Smith, Leo J. Missaggia, Michael K. Connors, Joseph P. Donnelly, George W. Turner, Jonah H. Jacob

Proceedings Volume 8965, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications XII; 89650L (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039566
Event: SPIE LASE, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Dense array slab-coupled optical waveguide lasers (DASCOWLs) consist of several hundred single-mode SCOWL lasers on a monolithic bar. Near diffraction-limited output of the SCOWLs is preserved with spacing down to 40μm. Greater than 200W CW operation of a 4% FF, 100-element, 100μm-pitch, centimeter wide DASCOWL bar has been demonstrated, corresponding to <2W/emitter in array format. We have also demonstrated near 500W continuous wave (CW) operation from a 10% fill factor (FF) 1-cm wide, 1cm long DASCOWL bar which contains 250 emitters, with a 40μm pitch. The goal of 2W/emitter, 500W/bar represents a 5X increase above the conventional 10-emitter, 10% FF broad area laser diode bar that operates at 10W/100μm-emitter. Some of the reported DASCOWL performance benefits from SRL’s low thermal resistance EPIC heat sinks.

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Mehmet Dogan, Gary M. Smith, Leo J. Missaggia, Michael K. Connors, Joseph P. Donnelly, George W. Turner, and Jonah H. Jacob "Dense array slab-coupled optical waveguide laser capable of 500W/bar", Proc. SPIE 8965, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications XII, 89650L (7 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039566

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