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- Item16.3 w peak‐power pulsed all‐diode laser based multi‐wavelength master‐oscillator power‐amplifier system at 964 nm(Basel : MDPI, 2021) Vu, Thi Nghiem; Tien, Tran Quoc; Sumpf, Bernd; Klehr, Andreas; Fricke, Jörg; Wenzel, Hans; Tränkle, GüntherAn all-diode laser-based master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) configuration for the generation of ns-pulses with high peak power, stable wavelength and small spectral line width is presented. The MOPA emits alternating at two wavelengths in the spectral range between 964 nm and 968 nm, suitable for the detection of water vapor by absorption spectroscopy. The monolithic master oscillator (MO) consists of two slightly detuned distributed feedback laser branches, whose emission is combined in a Y-coupler. The two emission wavelengths can be adjusted by varying the current or temperature to an absorption line and to a non-absorbing region. The power amplifier (PA) consists of a ridge-waveguide (RW) section and a tapered section, monolithically integrated within one chip. The RW section of the PA acts as an optical gate and converts the continuous wave input beam emitted by the MO into a sequence of short optical pulses, which are subsequently amplified by the tapered section to boost the output power. For a pulse width of 8 ns, a peak power of 16.3 W and a side mode suppression ratio of more than 37 dB are achieved at a repetition rate of 25 kHz. The measured spectral width of 10 pm, i.e., 0.1 cm−1, is limited by the resolution of the optical spectrum analyzer. The generated pulses emitting alternating at two wavelengths can be utilized in a differential absorption light detection and ranging system.
- ItemWavelength-stabilized ns-pulsed 2.2 kW diode laser bar with multiple active regions and tunnel junctions(Stevenage : IET, 2022) Ammouri, Nor; Christopher, Heike; Fricke, Jörg; Ginolas, Arnim; Liero, Armin; Maaßdorf, Andre; Wenzel, Hans; Knigge, AndreaThe improvement of the performance of a distributed Bragg reflector laser bar emitting near 905 nm through the use of multiple epitaxially stacked active regions and tunnel junctions is reported. The bar consisting of 48 emitters (each having an aperture of 50 µm) emits an optical power of 2.2 kW in 8 ns long pulses at an injection current of 1.1 kA. This corresponds to an almost threefold increase of the pulse power compared to a bar with lasers having only a single active region. Due to the integrated surface Bragg grating, the bar exhibits a narrow spectral bandwidth of about 0.3 nm and a thermal tuning of only 68 pm/K.
- ItemWavelength stabilized high pulse power 48 emitter laser bars for automotive light detection and ranging application(Bristol : IOP Publ., 2020) Klehr, Andreas; Liero, Armin; Christopher, Heike; Wenzel, Hans; Maaßdorf, Andre; Della Casa, Pietro; Fricke, Jörg; Ginolas, Arnim; Knigge, AndreaDiode lasers generating optical pulses with high peak power and lengths in the nanosecond range are key components for light detection and ranging systems, e.g. for autonomous driving and object detection. We present here an internally wavelength stabilized distributed Bragg reflector broad area laser bar with 48 emitters. The vertical structure based on AlGaAs (confinement and cladding layers) and InGaAs (active quantum well) is specifically optimized for wavelength-stabilized pulsed operation, applying a surface Bragg grating with high reflectivity. The bar is electrically driven by a new in-house developed high-speed driver based on GaN transistors providing current pulses with amplitudes of up to 1000 A and a repetition frequency of 10 kHz. The generated 4 ns to 10 ns long optical pulses are nearly rectangular shaped and reach a pulse peak power in excess of 600 Watts at 25 °C. The optical spectrum with a centre wavelength of about 900 nm has a width of 0.15 nm (FWHM) with a side mode suppression ratio > 30 dB. © 2020 IOP Publishing Ltd.