Diode Arrays
| Diode bars are high-power semiconductor lasers (laser diodes), containing a one-dimensional array of broad-area emitters. They typically contain between 20 and 50 emitters, each being e.g. 100 μm wide. A typical commercial device has a laser resonator length of the order of 1 mm, is 10 mm wide and generates tens of watts of output power; some prototypes even reach hundreds of watts (possibly with a reduced lifetime). -Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology |
