Dr. Kirk Price Profile

Dr. Kirk Price

Manager, Technical Program Management at Lumentum

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Publications (15)

Proceedings Article | 7 March 2014 Paper

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High-brightness, fiber-coupled pump modules in fiber laser applications

D. Hemenway, Wolfram Urbanek, Kylan Hoener, Keith Kennedy, Ling Bao, David Dawson, Emily Cragerud, David Balsley, Gary Burkholder, Mitch Reynolds, Kirk Price, Jim Haden, Manoj Kanskar, Dahv Kliner

Proceedings Volume 8961, 89611V (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040364

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Reliability, Semiconductor lasers, Neodymium, Diodes, Laser systems engineering, Prototyping, Sensors, Modulation, Laser damage threshold

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2014 Paper

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High-power fiber-coupled diode lasers with superior brightness, efficiency, and reliability

Keith Kennedy, Marty Hemenway, Wolfram Urbanek, Kylan Hoener, Kirk Price, Ling Bao, David Dawson, Manoj Kanskar, Jim Haden

Proceedings Volume 8965, 89650D (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041186

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Diodes, Semiconductor lasers, Reliability, Diode pumped solid state lasers, Manufacturing, Packaging, Fiber couplers, Solid state lasers, Optics manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2013 Paper

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High brightness fiber coupled pump modules optimized for optical efficiency and power

Kirk Price, Marty Hemenway, Ling Bao, John Bai, Kylan Hoener, Kevin Shea, David Dawson, Manoj Kanskar

Proceedings Volume 8605, 860506 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2005385

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Fiber couplers, Fiber lasers, Fiber coupled lasers, Laser development, Laser resonators, Diodes, Near field, Materials processing

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2013 Paper

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Reliability of high power/brightness diode lasers emitting from 790 to 980 nm

L. Bao, J. Bai, K. Price, M. Devito, M. Grimshaw, W. Dong, X. Guan, S. Zhang, H. Zhou, K. Bruce, D. Dawson, M. Kanskar, R. Martinsen, J. Haden

Proceedings Volume 8605, 86050N (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2005443

KEYWORDS: Reliability, Semiconductor lasers, Laser resonators, Continuous wave operation, Failure analysis, Laser development, Fiber lasers, Diodes, High power diode lasers

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Proceedings Article | 26 May 2011 Paper

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Progress in commercial wavelength-stabilized high-brightness diode sources suitable for pumping Yb-doped fiber lasers

Aaron Brown, Paul Leisher, Geoff Fanning, Scott Lerner, Zhigang Chen, Ling Bao, Mike Grimshaw, Mark DeVito, Kirk Price, Keith Kennedy, Shelly Lin, Mitchell Reynolds, Scott Karlsen, Jay Small, Robert Martinsen, Jim Haden

Proceedings Volume 8039, 80390O (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883194

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Fiber couplers, Fiber lasers, High power diode lasers, Fiber coupled lasers, Reliability, Near field optics, Volume holography, Holography

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Proceedings Article | 18 February 2010 Paper

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KW-class industrial diode lasers comprised of single emitters

Kirk Price, Frank Pfeffer, Paul Leisher, Scott Karlsen, Robert Martinsen

Proceedings Volume 7583, 75830E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842164

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Laser systems engineering, Reliability, Diodes, Fiber lasers, High power lasers, Polarization, Collimation, Fiber coupled lasers, Metals

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Proceedings Article | 18 February 2010 Paper

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High-brightness fiber-coupled pump laser development

Kirk Price, Scott Karlsen, Paul Leisher, Robert Martinsen

Proceedings Volume 7583, 758308 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842102

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber couplers, Diodes, Fiber coupled lasers, Laser development, Solid state lasers, Nd:YAG lasers, Materials processing, Geometrical optics

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Proceedings Article | 18 February 2010 Paper

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Reliability of high performance 9xx-nm single emitter laser diodes

Ling Bao, Jun Wang, Mark Devito, Dapeng Xu, Damian Wise, Paul Leisher, Mike Grimshaw, Weimin Dong, Shiguo Zhang, Kirk Price, Daming Li, Chendong Bai, Steve Patterson, Rob Martinsen

Proceedings Volume 7583, 758302 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842856

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Reliability, Failure analysis, Data modeling, High power lasers, Near field optics, Process control, Statistical analysis, Near field, Continuous wave operation

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Proceedings Article | 7 May 2009 Paper

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High brightness diode laser module development at nLIGHT Photonics

Kirk Price, Scott Karlsen, Aaron Brown, Mitch Reynolds, Ron Mehl, Paul Leisher, Steve Patterson, Jake Bell, Rob Martinsen

Proceedings Volume 7325, 73250T (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.823411

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Fiber couplers, Fiber lasers, Diodes, Fiber coupled lasers, Laser development, Photonics, Lithium, Collimation, Cladding

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2009 Paper

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100-W 105-um 0.15NA fiber coupled laser diode module

Scott Karlsen, R. Kirk Price, Mitch Reynolds, Aaron Brown, Ron Mehl, Steve Patterson, Robert Martinsen

Proceedings Volume 7198, 71980T (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.809710

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Fiber lasers, Fiber couplers, Fiber coupled lasers, Collimation, Free space optics, Lithium, Cladding, Laser development

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2009 Paper

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High-performance wavelength-locked diode lasers

Paul Leisher, Kirk Price, Scott Karlsen, David Balsley, Doug Newman, Rob Martinsen, Steve Patterson

Proceedings Volume 7198, 719812 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.813528

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Er:YAG lasers, Nd:YAG lasers, Absorption, Solid state lasers, Diodes, Laser applications, Optical design, Epitaxy, Fiber Bragg gratings

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Proceedings Article | 14 April 2008 Paper

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High-power diode lasers operating around 1500-nm for eyesafe applications

Steve Patterson, Paul Leisher, Kirk Price, Keith Kennedy, Weimin Dong, Mike Grimshaw, Shiguo Zhang, Jason Patterson, Suhit Das, Scott Karlsen, Rob Martinsen, Jake Bell

Proceedings Volume 6952, 69520W (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.795157

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, High power lasers, Er:YAG lasers, Solid state lasers, Nd:YAG lasers, Diodes, Reliability, Copper, Crystals, Optical parametric oscillators

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Proceedings Article | 3 April 2008 Paper

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Mode control for high performance laser diode sources

Paul Leisher, Kirk Price, Shabbir Bashar, Ling Bao, Hua Huang, Jun Wang, Damian Wise, Shiguo Zhang, Suhit Das, Mark DeFranza, Aaron Hodges, Utsu Trifan, David Balsley, Weimin Dong, Mike Grimshaw, Mark DeVito, Jake Bell, Robert Martinsen, Jason Farmer, Paul Crump, Steve Patterson

Proceedings Volume 6952, 69520C (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778392

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Fiber Bragg gratings, Reliability, Optical design, Solid state lasers, High power lasers, Epitaxy, Nd:YAG lasers, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 22 February 2008 Paper

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High power Yb-doped fiber laser-based LIDAR for space weather

C. Carlson, P. Dragic, B. Graf, R. Price, J. Coleman, G. Swenson

Proceedings Volume 6873, 68730K (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.764982

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Amplifiers, Transmitters, Signal to noise ratio, Pulsed laser operation, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Receivers, Earth's atmosphere

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Proceedings Article | 22 February 2006 Paper

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850 nm asymmetric cladding surface etched DBR lasers with narrow spectral linewidth

R. Price, V. Elarde, J. Coleman

Proceedings Volume 6133, 613317 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.646204

KEYWORDS: Cladding, Etching, Waveguides, Semiconductor lasers, Optical design, Laser development, Gallium arsenide, Aluminum, Gallium, Refractive index

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