The proposed thesis is to build a power build-up cavity pumped by a laser diode. In Raman spectroscopy there is a need for high power laser diode sources to be used in Raman gas monitoring applications. A high power laser source will allow the development of compact and low cost systems for use in any gas monitoring application where detection into the ppb is necessary. Gas detection can be acc...

A single-photon optical diode operates on individual photons and allows unidirectional propagation of photons. By exploiting the unique polarization configuration in a waveguide, we show here that a single-photon optical diode can be accomplished by coupling a quantum impurity to a passive, linear optical waveguide which possesses a locally planar, circular polarization. We further show that th...

We propose a technique to simultaneously stabilize relative wavelengths among multiple diode lasers by using multiplexed photorefractive gratings. Each grating is designed to be Bragg matched for the counter-propagating reflection at a specific diode laser wavelength. Experimental results from stabilization of two diode laser wavelengths by using two photorefractive gratings exhibit excellent s...

characteristics at 20°C. The threshold current (density) is 57mA (-3.2kA/cm2), which is as low as that for a 650nmband laser diode with a double-heterostructure (DH structure) [l]. We believe this to be the lowest ever value for a 630nmband AlGaInP laser diode. The maximum CW output power is -15mW, and this is limited by the C O D (catastrophic optical damage) of this structure. The slope effic...

introduction radiotherapy planning systems require many percentage depth dose (pdd) and profile measurements and there are various dosimeters that can be used to obtain these scans. as dose perturbation is particularly troublesome in smaller photon fields, using a low-perturbation, unshielded electron field diode (efd) in these fields is of interest. the aim of this work was to investigate the ...

The reverse conduction mode of operation of the SiC trench JFET allows for diode-free synchronous rectification. This paper shows that the reverse conduction mode is an inherent property of the device caused by diffusion of electrons through the source fingers under conditions of moderate gate-drain diode forward bias. Experimental results confirm the expectations for a vertical-channel SiC JFE...

High-power laser-diode arrays, which are made of stacks of individual or multistripe laser diodes, or in some cases vertical-cavity surfaceemitting lasers (VCSELs), can put out watts to kilowatts of optical power for uses such as laser pumping, industrial heating, illumination, or as the input for fiber-optic direct-diode laser devices for materials processing or for medicine. Laser diodes typi...

A small active in-vacuum beamstop has been developed to monitor the flux of intense third-generation synchrotron X-ray beams protecting the downstream detector from the direct beam. Standard active beamstops, where a built-in diode directly absorbs the beam, have limitations in size and lifetime. In the present design, a silicon PIN diode detects the photons back-scattered from a cavity in the ...

An electronic diode is a nonlinear semiconductor circuit component that allows conduction of electrical current in one direction only. A component with similar functionality for electromagnetic waves, an electromagnetic isolator, is based on the Faraday effect of rotation of the polarization state and is also a key component in optical and microwave systems. Here we demonstrate a chiral electro...

Nowadays, quasi-continuous wave diode lasers are used in a widespread variety of applications. Temperature effects in these lasers can strongly influence their performance. In this paper, the effects of temperature have been experimentally investigated on different features of a 60W-QCW diode laser. The obtained results indicate that the conversion efficiency and operation voltage of diode lase...