High-power and high-efficiency phased array lasers grown by a two-step metalorganic chemical vapour deposition

David Welch, P.S. Cross, D. R. Scifres, G. L. Harnagel, M. Cardinal, W. Streifer, R. D. Burnham

Electronics Letters · 1986 · 11 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Phased array lasers which emit 1.3 W CW output were fabricated using a two-step metalorganic chemical vapour deposition process were developed. The differential efliciency at 100 mW is 78% and the total efficiency at the catastrophic limit is 39%.