Efficient high-brightness diode laser modules offer new industrial applications

Markus Revermann; Andre Timmermann; Jens Meinschien; Peter Bruns

doi:10.1117/12.700438

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7 February 2007 Efficient high-brightness diode laser modules offer new industrial applications

Markus Revermann, Andre Timmermann, Jens Meinschien, Peter Bruns

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Proceedings Volume 6456, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications V; 64560Q (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.700438
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

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We present new developed high power diode laser modules which are performing at outstanding brightness and their applications. The combination of recently designed laser diode bars on passive heat sinks and optimized micro-optics results to laser modules up to 50W out of a 100μm fibre with a 0.22 NA at one single wavelength based on broad area laser bars (BALB) and up to 50W out of 50μm fibre with a 0.22 NA based on single-mode emitter array laser (SEAL) bars. The fibre coupled systems are based on diode lasers with a collimated beam of superior beam data, namely < 10 mm x 10 mm beam diameter (FW1/e²) and < 2mrad x 2mrad divergence (FW1/e²). Such free beam diode lasers deliver 30 W or 60 W output power. The applications for such laser diode modules varies from direct marking, cutting and welding of metals and other materials up to pumping of fibre lasers and amplifiers. Marking speed with up to 30mm/s on stainless steel was observed with 20W laser power and 50&mgr;m fibre with a conventional marking setup. Cutting speed of about 1m/min of 0.2mm Kovar sheet was shown with a diode laser module with 50W laser power from a 100&mgr;m fibre.

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Markus Revermann, Andre Timmermann, Jens Meinschien, and Peter Bruns "Efficient high-brightness diode laser modules offer new industrial applications", Proc. SPIE 6456, High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications V, 64560Q (7 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.700438

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