Brightness and average power as driver for advancements in diode lasers and their applications

Stefan Hengesbach; Reinhart Poprawe; Dieter Hoffmann; Martin Traub; Thomas Schwarz; Carlo Holly; Florian Eibl; Andreas Weisheit; Sabrina Vogt; Simon Britten; Michael Ungers; Ulrich Thombansen; Christoph Engelmann; Viktor Mamuschkin; Philipp Lott

doi:10.1117/12.2085068

13 March 2015 Brightness and average power as driver for advancements in diode lasers and their applications

Stefan Hengesbach, Reinhart Poprawe, Dieter Hoffmann, Martin Traub, Thomas Schwarz, Carlo Holly, Florian Eibl, Andreas Weisheit, Sabrina Vogt, Simon Britten, Michael Ungers, Ulrich Thombansen, Christoph Engelmann, Viktor Mamuschkin, Philipp Lott

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Proceedings Volume 9348, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications XIII; 93480B (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2085068
Event: SPIE LASE, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Spatial and spectral emission characteristics and efficiency of high-power diode laser (HPDL) based pump sources enable and define the performance of the fundamental solid state laser concepts like disk, fiber and slab lasers. HPDL are also established as a versatile tool for direct materials processing substituting other laser types like CO2 lasers and lamp pumped solid state lasers and are starting to substitute even some of the diode pumped solid state lasers. Both, pumping and direct applications will benefit from the further improvement of the brightness and control of the output spectrum of HPDL. While edge emitting diodes are already established, a new generation of vertical emitting diode lasers (VCSELs) made significant progress and provides easy scalable output power in the kW range. Beneficial properties are simplified beam shaping, flexible control of the temporal and spatial emission, compact design and low current operation. Other characteristics like efficiency and brightness of VCSELs are still lagging behind the edge emitter performance. Examples of direct applications like surface treatment, soldering, welding, additive manufacturing, cutting and their requirements on the HPDL performance are presented. Furthermore, an overview on process requirements and available as well as perspective performance of laser sources is derived.

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Stefan Hengesbach, Reinhart Poprawe, Dieter Hoffmann, Martin Traub, Thomas Schwarz, Carlo Holly, Florian Eibl, Andreas Weisheit, Sabrina Vogt, Simon Britten, Michael Ungers, Ulrich Thombansen, Christoph Engelmann, Viktor Mamuschkin, and Philipp Lott "Brightness and average power as driver for advancements in diode lasers and their applications", Proc. SPIE 9348, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications XIII, 93480B (13 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2085068

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