Laser diode arrays with reduced heat induced strain and stress
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1. A laser diode array, comprising:
- a semiconductor layered structure including at least one active layer;
a heat sink coupled to semiconductor layered structure; and
a plurality of laser emitters formed in the active layer, a majority of the plurality of laser emitters having a spacing between adjacent laser emitters that provides for a more uniform heat distribution.
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Abstract
A laser diode array has a semiconductor layered structure that includes at least one active layer. A heat sink is coupled to semiconductor layered structure. A plurality of laser emitters are formed in the active layer. A majority of the plurality of laser emitters have a spacing between adjacent laser emitters that provides for a more uniform heat distribution.
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125 Claims
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1. A laser diode array, comprising:
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a semiconductor layered structure including at least one active layer;
a heat sink coupled to semiconductor layered structure; and
a plurality of laser emitters formed in the active layer, a majority of the plurality of laser emitters having a spacing between adjacent laser emitters that provides for a more uniform heat distribution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 113)
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72. A laser diode array, comprising:
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a layered semiconductor structure with at least one active layer;
a heat sink coupled to the layered semiconductor structure; and
a plurality of laser emitters formed in the at least one active layer, at least a portion of the plurality of laser emitters having a spacing between adjacent laser emitters that is no greater than 50 microns. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111)
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112. A method of producing a output from a laser diode array, comprising:
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providing a laser diode array that has a layered semiconductor structure with at least one active layer and a plurality of laser emitters formed in the at least one active layer;
providing a spacing for at least a portion of the adjacent laser emitters to create a more uniform heat distribution. removing heat from the semiconductor with a heatsink; and
producing an output beam - View Dependent Claims (114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125)
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