M. Tawfieq, A. Müller, J. Fricke, P. Della Casa, P. Ressel, A. Ginolas, D. Feise, B. Sumpf, and G. Tränkle

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IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., vol. 29, no. 22, pp. 1983-1986 (2017).

Abstract:

A hybrid master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) diode laser with 6.2 W output power at 971.8 nm is presented. It consists of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser, which is collimated and focused into a tapered amplifier using cylindrical micro-lenses. The emitted light has a spectral width of about 20 pm and a propagation factor of M²_1/e² = 1.3 in the slow axis. The emission is nearly diffraction limited with 79% of the total power within the central lobe (4.9 W diffraction limited). The MOPA system, including the micro-lenses, is realized on a compact conduction cooled package with a footprint of 25 mm × 25 mm. In addition, a micro-heater is embedded on top of the DBR-grating, which can provide up to 5.5 nm of electrical wavelength tuning. The output power is thoroughly constant (6.22 W ± 0.01 W) over the entire tuning range.

Index Terms:

Diode lasers, distributed feedback devices, semiconductor optical amplifiers, laser tuning, micro-optics.

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