Design of Highly Efficient High-Power Optically Pumped Semiconductor Disk Lasers

In this paper, we present a carefully elaborated layer design for semiconductor disk lasers. Experimental results of devices mounted on simple copper heat spreaders reveal a conversion efficiency of 54% at 13.2 W for 970-nm wavelength laser emission and a differential quantum efficiency of 73%.

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