摘要
综述了世界各国近年来在大功率半导体激光器方面所取得的研究成果,重点介绍了砷化镓基近红外大功率半导体激光器在输出功率、亮度、电光转换效率、光束质量、寿命与可靠性方面的研究进展。结合目前市场分析,详细阐述了半导体激光器的应用前景,展望了未来大功率半导体激光器的发展趋势。
The recent research achievements on high-power semiconductor lasers in various countries of the world are reviewed.The research progress is mainly introduced in terms of output power,brightness,electro-optical conversion efficiency,beam quality,lifetime,and reliability of GaAs-based near-infrared high-power semiconductor lasers.Combined with the current market analysis,the application prospect of these semiconductor lasers is elaborated.The development trend of high-power semiconductor lasers in the future is forecasted.
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