Monolithic Diode-Laser Arrays

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Introduction and Background

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   Pages 1-30

3. Fundamentals of High-Power Operation

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   Pages 31-81

4. Spatial and Spectral Mode Discrimination

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   Pages 83-124

5. Theoretical Models for Monolithic Diode-Laser Arrays

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   Pages 125-169

6. Gain-Guided Diode-Laser Oscillators

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   Pages 171-195

7. Index-Guided Diode-Laser Array Oscillators

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   Pages 197-232

8. Surface-Emitting Diode-Laser Arrays

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   Pages 233-283

9. Master-Oscillator Power-Amplifier Diode Lasers

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   Pages 285-338

10. Back Matter

    Pages 339-396

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Over the last two decades, the search for a compact, high-power semiconductor source has produced many designs and concepts for monolithic diode-laser arrays and optical amplifiers. However, only a few design approaches have emerged with the potential for producing high-power, high-brightness monolithic sources. Although semiconductor-diode lasers are the most compact, highest gain and most efficient laser sources, challenges remain in developing structures that will produce high-quality, diffraction-limited output beams. This book presents and analyzes the results of work performed over the last twenty years in the development of high-brightness diode-laser arrays.

• diffraction
• laser
• semiconductor
• complexity

"The many figures and references make this an excellent review of the field. I recommend this book not only to researchers in the field of optoelectronics, but also in laser science." - Optics and Photonics News

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Livermore, USA

  Nils W. Carlson

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