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Diode Lasers

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Definition: semiconductor laser devices based on laser diodes

More general term: semiconductor lasers

More specific terms: high brightness laser diodes, diode bars, diode stacks, vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers, external-cavity diode lasers, fiber-coupled diode lasers, mode-locked diode lasers, direct diode lasers

Categories: article belongs to category optoelectronics optoelectronics, article belongs to category laser devices and laser physics laser devices and laser physics

DOI: 10.61835/sie   Cite the article: BibTex plain textHTML   Link to this page   LinkedIn

Diode lasers are semiconductor laser devices based on laser diodes. Although the terms diode laser and laser diode are often used with the same meaning, it is appropriate to distinguish the terms: the diode laser is a laser device, which may sometimes consist only of a single laser diode, but may also contain additional items:

Applications of diode lasers are mentioned in the article on laser diodes.

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