High-power optical transmitter package for free-space optical communication

Ulrich Hildebrand; Bodo Menke; Theo J. Wiesmann; Gerhard Ohm

doi:10.1117/12.18197

1 July 1990 High-power optical transmitter package for free-space optical communication

Ulrich Hildebrand, Bodo Menke, Theo J. Wiesmann, Gerhard Ohm

Proceedings Volume 1218, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18197
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper discusses the characteristics of a new concept involving high-power laser diode (HPLD) arrays which are able to emit up to 1000 mW of optical output power but which suffer from poor far-field pattern and poor optical quality, related to the gain guiding mechanism used in such devices. Methods are proposed for improving the optical quality of HPLDs. These include the use of apertured AM scheme for HPLDs and the use of a graded-index lens and a stripe mirror to stabilize the HPLD. A HPLD optical transmitter is designed which will have the capability of operating the HPLD in the 180 deg phase alternating mode under modulation.

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Ulrich Hildebrand, Bodo Menke, Theo J. Wiesmann, and Gerhard Ohm "High-power optical transmitter package for free-space optical communication", Proc. SPIE 1218, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies II, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18197

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