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High-power single-transverse-mode ridge optical waveguide semiconductor lasers

V V Popovichev, Evgeniya I Davydova, A. V. Simakov, Mikhail B Uspenskii, A A Chel'nyĭ, Alexandr P Bogatov, A E Drakin, S A Plisyuk, Aleksei A Stratonnikov

Quantum Electronics · 2002 · 22 citations · 0 references

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EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsLaser PhysicsOptical Properties Of SemiconductorsOptical SourcesOptical WaveguidesSemiconductor HeterostructuresSemiconductor LasersBeam DivergenceHigh-power LasersHigh-power Semiconductor LasersSingle-mode LasersSingle-mode OperationSingle-mode Semiconductor LasersSingle-mode WaveguidesWaveguide Lasers

Abstract

More than 200 mW of a single-transverse-mode cw output power is produced from a semiconductor heterolaser by optimising the waveguide properties of its ridge structure. The laser-beam divergence is close to the diffraction limit and its brightness exceeds 5 × 107 W cm-2 sr-1. The calculated and experimental parameters of the laser beam are coincident with a high accuracy, which allows their reliable simulation.