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Beam multiplexing of diode laser arrays

Ruicong Liu, Yuanyuan Liu, Xue Chen and Fuhua Yang

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 Corresponding author: Yuanyuan Liu, E-mail: liuyy@semi.ac.cn

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Abstract: Design and experimental studies on the wavelength multiplexing and polarization multiplexing of diode laser arrays were carried out. First, the structure of a AlGaInAs/GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well under compressive strain was used because the characteristic of wavelength was easier to adjust. We obtained diode laser arrays lasing in five different wavelengths, about 760 nm, 800 nm, 860 nm, 930 nm, and 976 nm. At the same time, four edge filters were designed, and an experimental study on the beam multiplexing of diode laser arrays was carried out. Second, two beams with different polarization states were composited using a half wave plate and a polarizing beam-splitter prism. After that, the beam focusing system was designed. Ultimately, ten beams of diode laser arrays in five wavelengths and two polarization states were composited, the total output power was 196 W and the overall efficiency was 76%. The size of the output focus spot was 144 × 1330 μm2, and the power density of the focused light was as high as 1.02 × 105 W/cm2. Compared with a single diode laser array, the power density of the composite beam was improved by 4.3 times.

Key words: compressive straindiode laser arraysbeam multiplexingedge filterpolarizing composite



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Fig. 1.  A schematic of the wavelength composite.

Fig. 2.  A schematic of the polarization composite.

Fig. 3.  The package structure of the diode laser array.

Fig. 4.  Spectrophotometer test results for M1.

Fig. 5.  Experimental apparatus.

Fig. 6.  The measurement values of the focused spot and the fitting curve of the single array and composite beam. (a) Direction along the single array's fast axis. (b) Direction along the single array's slow axis. (c) Direction along the composite beam's fast axis. (d) Direction along the composite beam's slow axis.

Fig. 7.  Beam spectrum of the wavelength composite.

Fig. 8.  Power-current curve.

Table 1.   The test results for DA1-DA5.

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    Received: 19 August 2014 Revised: Online: Published: 01 April 2015

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      Ruicong Liu, Yuanyuan Liu, Xue Chen, Fuhua Yang. Beam multiplexing of diode laser arrays[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2015, 36(4): 044008. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/4/044008 R C Liu, Y Y Liu, X Chen, F H Yang. Beam multiplexing of diode laser arrays[J]. J. Semicond., 2015, 36(4): 044008. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/4/044008.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      Ruicong Liu, Yuanyuan Liu, Xue Chen, Fuhua Yang. Beam multiplexing of diode laser arrays[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2015, 36(4): 044008. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/4/044008

      R C Liu, Y Y Liu, X Chen, F H Yang. Beam multiplexing of diode laser arrays[J]. J. Semicond., 2015, 36(4): 044008. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/4/044008.
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      Beam multiplexing of diode laser arrays

      doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/4/044008
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      Project supported by the National Science Foundation of China (No. 61275145).

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      • Corresponding author: E-mail: liuyy@semi.ac.cn
      • Received Date: 2014-08-19
      • Accepted Date: 2014-11-02
      • Published Date: 2015-01-25

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