Overview

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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Author:   Nils W. Carlson ,  A.L. Schawlow
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Volume:   33
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.628kg
ISBN:  

9783642789441

ISBN 10:   3642789447
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   19 January 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

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.

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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 News

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