Ms. Rebecca B. Swertfeger Profile

Rebecca B. Swertfeger

Laser Engineer

SPIE Involvement:

Author | Student Chapter Vice President

Publications (7)

Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper

Aging mechanisms of broad area high-power ~800nm laser diodes

E. McVay, R. Deri, J. Li, S. Baxamusa, W. Fenwick, M. Boisselle, D. Mittelberger, J. Varley, R. Swertfeger, L. Gilmore, M. Crowley, P. Thiagarajan, J. Song, G. Thaler, C. Schuck, A. Dusty

Proceedings Volume 12867, 128670E (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2691022

KEYWORDS: Oxygen, Waveguides, Quantum devices, Quantum wells, Semiconductor lasers, Absorption, Quantum simulation, Quantum experiments, Independent component analysis, Quantum emitters

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2022 Presentation + Paper

Operation of broad area high power diode lasers immersed in coolant

Rebecca Swertfeger, Matthew Boisselle, Robert Deri, David Dutra, Paul Ehrmann, William Fenwick, Clint Frye, Devin Funaro, Kathy Jackson, Jack Kotovsky, Ian Ladner, David Pope, Susant Patra, Brendan Pratt, Salmaan Baxamusa

Proceedings Volume 11982, 1198208 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2605768

KEYWORDS: Diodes, Resistance, Semiconductor lasers, Thermal modeling, Power meters, Liquids, Instrument modeling, High power diode lasers, Yield improvement, Aluminum, Thermal effects, Thermal analysis, Broad area laser diodes, Laser packaging

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2022 Presentation + Paper

Longitudinal spatial hole burning and associated non-uniform current and carrier density profile as a power limit in high power diode lasers

S. Arslan, H. Wenzel, J. Fricke, A. Thies, A. Ginolas, C. Stölmacker, A. Maaßdorf, B. Eppich, R. Swertfeger, S. Patra, R. Deri, M. Boiselle, D. Pope, P. Leisher, G. Tränkle, P. Crump

Proceedings Volume 12021, 120210F (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2609391

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Semiconductor lasers, High power lasers, Continuous wave operation

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2020 Presentation

Thermoreflectance-based measurements of facet optical absorption in aged high-power diode lasers (Conference Presentation)

Aman Kumar Jha, Chen Li, Kevin Pipe, Mark Crowley, Daniel Fullager, Jason Helmrich, Prabhu Thiagarajan, Robert Deri, Rebecca Swertfeger, Paul Leisher

Proceedings Volume 11261, 112610I (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2547344

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2019 Presentation

Does collimation reduce the lifetime of broad area diode laser pumps? (Conference Presentation)

Paul Leisher, Eyal Feigenbaum, Rebecca Swertfeger, Matthew Boisselle, Susant Patra, Robert Deri, Aman Jha, Chen Li, Kevin Pipe, Prabhu Thiagarajan

Proceedings Volume 10899, 1089903 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2513331

KEYWORDS: Collimation, Broad area laser diodes

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Proceedings Article | 19 February 2018 Presentation + Paper

Improvements to tapered semiconductor MOPA laser design and testing

James Beil, Lisa Shimomoto, Rebecca Swertfeger, Stephen Misak, Jenna Campbell, Jeremy Thomas, Daniel Renner, Milan Mashanovitch, Paul Leisher, Richard Liptak

Proceedings Volume 10514, 105140U (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289933

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Oscillators, Semiconductor lasers, Semiconductors, Waveguides, Laser development, Sensors, High power lasers, Free space optical communications, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 20 April 2017 Presentation

Direct measurement of the 2D gain profile in a tapered semiconductor laser (Conference Presentation)

Paul Leisher, Rebecca Swertfeger, James Beil, Stephen Misak, Jenna Campbell, Jeremy Thomas, Daniel Renner, Milan Mashanovitch

Proceedings Volume 10123, 101231C (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2253424

KEYWORDS: Photonics, Current controlled current source, Semiconductor lasers, Thermal effects, Optical amplifiers, Continuous wave operation, Optical microscopes

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