High-Power, High-Efficiency Red Laser Diode Structures Grown on GaAs and GaAsP Metamorphic Superlattices

InGaAs/GaAsP strain balanced multi-quantum wires grown on misoriented GaAs substrates for high efficiency solar cells

High-efficiency diode-pumped Tm:YAG ceramic laser

A high efficient Tm:YAG ceramic laser at 2007 nm pumped by a diode laser was demonstrated. The laser performances with Tm doping concentrations of 4 at.% and 6 at.% were comparatively analyzed. The continuous-wave (CW) laser powers up to 2.11 W and 1.68 W have been obtained for Tm:YAG ceramics at 6 at.% and 4 at.% doping levels, corresponding to the slope efficiencies of 43.6% and 53.8% respect...

Red Tunable High-Power Narrow-Spectrum External-Cavity Diode Laser Based on Tapered Amplifier

Diffraction-limited high-power narrow-spectrum red diode lasers are attractive for many applications, such as photodynamic therapy, laser display, and as a pump source to generate UV light by second harmonic generation (SHG). High-power, diffraction-limited diode lasers can be realized by the technology of lasers with a tapered gain-region (Kintzer et al., 1993; Donnelly et al., 1998; Wenzel et...

Treatment of lentigines by a novel high power diode laser at 755 nm: a case report

The use of high-power diode laser with a wavelength of 755 nm is an effective and safe method for the correction and partial and/or total elimination of pigmented lesions, specifically solar lentigines. This wavelength has yet not been used in diode lasers to treat solar lentigines. Side effects are the usual ones, including darkening and scab formation. Our patient was a 40-year-old woman of C...

High Power Laser Diode Driver Based on Power Converter Technology - Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

This paper describes the design of a high speed semiconductor laser diode driver designed for driving 500 mW to 1.5 W diodes at full optical power modulation up to frequencies of 10 MHz. The duty cycle of the modulation may be varied. A switching power-converter based current source allows a higher power delivery efficiency to the diode than in previous designs, allowing for a more modest power...