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Science 11 September 1987:
Vol. 237. no. 4820, pp. 1305 - 1309
DOI: 10.1126/science.237.4820.1305
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Ultrahigh-Power Semiconductor Diode Laser Arrays

PETER S. CROSS 1, GARY L. HARNAGEL 1, WILLIAM STREIFER 1, DONALD R. SCIFRES 1, and DAVID F. WELCH 1

1 Spectra Diode Laboratories, San Jose, CA 95134.

The power available from transistor-sized semiconductor diode lasers has increased rapidly in recent years, more than doubling every year. Continuous outputs of several watts and pulsed powers in the kilowatt range with 50 percent overall efficiency are now possible with these compact devices. These developments may signal the start of a technological advancement in optics comparable to the solid-state revolution in electronics 20 years ago.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Diode Laser--Pumped Solid-State Lasers.
R. L. Byer (1988)
Science 239, 742-747
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