Mechanical Design & Test ,
Solid State Laser Development ,
Product Characterization and Performance ,
Quality Management System Development & Implimentation ,
Computed Radiography Product Development ,
Product Verification and Validation
In this paper we review the current status of and progress towards higher power and more
wavelength diverse diode-pumped solid-state miniature lasers. Snake Creek Lasers now
offers unprecedented continuous wave (CW) output power from 9.0 mm and 5.6 mm TO
type packages, including the smallest green laser in the world, the MicroGreenTM laser,
and the highest density green laser in the world, the MiniGreenTM laser. In addition we
offer an infrared laser, the MiniIRTM, operating at 1064 nm, and have just introduced a
blue Mini laser operating at 473 nm in a 9.0 mm package. Recently we demonstrated
over 1 W of output power at 1064 nm from a 12 mm TO type package, and green output
power from 300-500 mW from the same 12 mm package. In addition, the company is
developing a number of other innovative new miniature CW solid-state lasers operating
at 750 nm, 820 nm, 458 nm, and an eye-safe Q-switched laser operating at 1550 nm. We
also review recently demonstrated combining volume Bragg grating (VBG) technology
has been combined with automatic power control (APC) to produce high power
MiniGreenTM lasers whose output is constant to ± 10 % over a wide temperature range,
without the use of a thermoelectric cooler (TEC). This technology is expected to find
widespread application in military and commercial applications where wide temperature
operation is particularly important. It has immediate applications in laser pointers,
illuminators, and laser flashlights, and displays.
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