High-brightness and high-efficiency diode laser module based on a coherent–spectral beam combining external cavity

Lingqian Meng; Weiqiao Zhang; Jing Liu; Peng Cao; Yufei Wang; Xuyan Zhou; Wanhua Zheng

doi:10.3788/COL202422.121403

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 12, 121403(2024)

High-brightness and high-efficiency diode laser module based on a coherent–spectral beam combining external cavity

Lingqian Meng^1,2, Weiqiao Zhang³, Jing Liu^1,3,4, Peng Cao^1,2, Yufei Wang^1,3,4, Xuyan Zhou³, and Wanhua Zheng^1,2,4,5、*

Author Affiliations

¹Laboratory of Solid State Optoelectronics Information Technology, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Weifang Academy of Advanced Opto-Electronic Circuits, Weifang 261071, China

⁴State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

⁵College of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China

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Lingqian Meng, Weiqiao Zhang, Jing Liu, Peng Cao, Yufei Wang, Xuyan Zhou, Wanhua Zheng, "High-brightness and high-efficiency diode laser module based on a coherent–spectral beam combining external cavity," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 121403 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: May. 22, 2024

Accepted: Jun. 24, 2024

Published Online: Jan. 2, 2025

The Author Email: Wanhua Zheng (whzheng@semi.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.121403

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.121403

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