Recent advances in actively cooled high-power laser diode bars

Nels P. Ostrom; S. David Roh; Daniel M. Grasso; Thomas J. Kane

doi:10.1117/12.700979

7 February 2007 Recent advances in actively cooled high-power laser diode bars

Nels P. Ostrom, S. David Roh, Daniel M. Grasso, Thomas J. Kane

Proceedings Volume 6456, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications V; 645609 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.700979
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In order to meet the ever increasing demands of many high power laser diode customers, Nuvonyx has worked to improve a number of key metrics of the diode laser package. The most often challenged specifications are power per bar, efficiency, and reliability in both hard pulse and constant current mode. In response to these requests, Nuvonyx has worked to offer commercial component devices in excess of 100 and 150 watts per bar package in multiple wavelengths. The packages are routinely combined to form single stacks that generate greater than 3.5 kilowatts each and two-dimensional arrays which produce light in excess of 10 kilowatts. These parts all demonstrate predicted lifetimes in excess of 10,000 hours. The micro-channel cooled heat sink has also been improved by closer matching the coefficient of thermal expansion of the cooler to the laser diode bar, which allows for harder solders such as gold-tin to be employed. All of this work has helped to meet the specifications of the most demanding laser diode customers.

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Nels P. Ostrom, S. David Roh, Daniel M. Grasso, and Thomas J. Kane "Recent advances in actively cooled high-power laser diode bars", Proc. SPIE 6456, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications V, 645609 (7 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.700979

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