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13 March 2015 Heading to 1 kW levels with laser bars of high-efficiency and emission wavelength around 880 nm and 940 nm
A. Pietrzak, M. Woelz, Ralf Huelsewede, Martin Zorn, Olaf Hirsekorn, J. Meusel, A. Kindsvater, Matthias Schroeder, V. Bluemel, J. Sebastian
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Abstract
High-power quasi-CW laser bars are of great interest as pump sources of solid-state lasers generating high-energy ultrashort pulses for high energy projects. These applications require a continuous improvement of the laser diodes for reliable optical output powers and simultaneously high electrical-to-optical power efficiencies. An overview is presented of recent progress at JENOPTIK in the development of commercial quasi-CW laser bars emitting around 880 nm and 940 nm optimized for peak performance. At first, performances of 1.5 mm long laser bars with 75% fill-factor are presented. Both, 880 nm and 940 nm laser bars deliver reliable power of 500 W with wall-plug-efficiencies (WPE) <55% within narrow beam divergence angles of 11° and 45° in slow-axis and fast-axis directions, respectively. The reliability tests at 500 W powers under application quasi- CW conditions are ongoing. Moreover, laser bars emitting at 880 nm tested under 100 μs current pulse duration deliver 1 kW output power at 0.9 kA with only a small degradation of the slope efficiency. The applications of 940 nm laser bars require longer optical pulses and higher repetition rates (1-2 ms, ~10 Hz). In order to achieve output powers at the level of 1 kW under such long pulse duration, heating of the laser active region has to be minimized. Power-voltage-current characteristics of 4 mm long cavity bars with 50% fill-factor based on an optimized laser structure for strong carrier confinement and low resistivity were measured. We report an output power of 0.8 kW at 0.8 A with <60% conversion efficiency (52% WPE). By increasing the fill-factor of the bars a further improvement of the WPE at high currents is expected.
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A. Pietrzak, M. Woelz, Ralf Huelsewede, Martin Zorn, Olaf Hirsekorn, J. Meusel, A. Kindsvater, Matthias Schroeder, V. Bluemel, and J. Sebastian "Heading to 1 kW levels with laser bars of high-efficiency and emission wavelength around 880 nm and 940 nm", Proc. SPIE 9348, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications XIII, 93480E (13 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2078642
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KEYWORDS
Pulsed laser operation

Optical testing

Resistance

Semiconductor lasers

High power lasers

Electro optics

Laser crystals

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