Bright parabolic bow-tie laser arrays

D Masanotti, F Causa, J Sarma

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Abstract

Semiconductor optical sources that provide high power in a diffraction-limited beam (high brightness) are required for various applications, such as fibre amplifier pump sources, free-space links, dentistry, materials processing. The two most important issues that must be considered in the design of high-power high-brightness semiconductor (S/C) optical sources are catastrophic optical damage (COD) and filamentation of the optical field. Hence, it is indispensable to accurately design both the S/C multilayer material structure and the geometry of the laser cavity to achieve the desired operational characteristics. In addition, device manufacturing costs, packaging complexity (e.g., expensive external micro-optics systems) and tolerance constraints are significant features that have to be taken into account for future device developments.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2003
EventLasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on -
Duration: 1 Jan 2003 → …

Conference

ConferenceLasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Period1/01/03 → …

Keywords

  • laser cavity geometry
  • semiconductor multilayer material structure
  • semiconductor optical source
  • semiconductor device packaging
  • optical multilayers
  • semiconductor device manufacture
  • micro-optics system
  • laser cavity resonators
  • bright parabolic bow-tie laser array
  • micro-optics
  • catastrophic optical damage
  • light diffraction
  • diffraction-limited beam
  • semiconductor laser arrays
  • brightness
  • packaging complexity
  • light sources
  • optical field filamentation
  • semiconductor thin films
  • optical design techniques

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