GB2329758B - A semiconductor laser diode bar assembly - Google Patents

A semiconductor laser diode bar assembly

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Publication number: GB2329758B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: semiconductor laser; laser diode; bar assembly; diode bar; assembly
Prior art date: 1997-09-26
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Fee Related

Application number

GB9819708A

Other versions

GB2329758A8 (en

GB2329758A (en

GB9819708D0 (en

Inventor

Peter Hutchinson Hall

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Leonardo UK Ltd

Original Assignee

GEC Marconi Avionics Holdings Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1997-09-26

Filing date

1998-09-11

Publication date

1999-08-25

1998-09-11 Application filed by GEC Marconi Avionics Holdings Ltd filed Critical GEC Marconi Avionics Holdings Ltd

1998-11-04 Publication of GB9819708D0 publication Critical patent/GB9819708D0/en

1999-03-31 Publication of GB2329758A publication Critical patent/GB2329758A/en

1999-06-29 Publication of GB2329758A8 publication Critical patent/GB2329758A8/en

1999-08-25 Application granted granted Critical

1999-08-25 Publication of GB2329758B publication Critical patent/GB2329758B/en

2018-09-11 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
- H01S5/40—Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups H01S5/02 - H01S5/30
- H01S5/4025—Array arrangements, e.g. constituted by discrete laser diodes or laser bar
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
- H01S3/09—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
- H01S3/091—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping
- H01S3/094—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light
- H01S3/0941—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light of a laser diode
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
- H01S5/02—Structural details or components not essential to laser action
- H01S5/022—Mountings; Housings
- H01S5/0233—Mounting configuration of laser chips
- H01S5/02345—Wire-bonding
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
- H01S5/02—Structural details or components not essential to laser action
- H01S5/022—Mountings; Housings
- H01S5/0235—Method for mounting laser chips
- H01S5/02355—Fixing laser chips on mounts
- H01S5/02365—Fixing laser chips on mounts by clamping
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
- H01S5/02—Structural details or components not essential to laser action
- H01S5/022—Mountings; Housings
- H01S5/0235—Method for mounting laser chips
- H01S5/02355—Fixing laser chips on mounts
- H01S5/0237—Fixing laser chips on mounts by soldering
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
- H01S5/02—Structural details or components not essential to laser action
- H01S5/024—Arrangements for thermal management
- H01S5/02407—Active cooling, e.g. the laser temperature is controlled by a thermo-electric cooler or water cooling
- H01S5/02415—Active cooling, e.g. the laser temperature is controlled by a thermo-electric cooler or water cooling by using a thermo-electric cooler [TEC], e.g. Peltier element
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
- H01S5/02—Structural details or components not essential to laser action
- H01S5/024—Arrangements for thermal management
- H01S5/02469—Passive cooling, e.g. where heat is removed by the housing as a whole or by a heat pipe without any active cooling element like a TEC
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
- H01S5/40—Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups H01S5/02 - H01S5/30
- H01S5/4018—Lasers electrically in series

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Electromagnetism (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Cooling Or The Like Of Semiconductors Or Solid State Devices (AREA)
Semiconductor Lasers (AREA)

GB9819708A 1997-09-26 1998-09-11 A semiconductor laser diode bar assembly Expired - Fee Related GB2329758B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GBGB9720376.4A GB9720376D0 (en)	1997-09-26	1997-09-26	A semi-conductor laser diode bar assembly

Publications (4)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB9819708D0 GB9819708D0 (en)	1998-11-04
GB2329758A GB2329758A (en)	1999-03-31
GB2329758A8 GB2329758A8 (en)	1999-06-29
GB2329758B true GB2329758B (en)	1999-08-25

Family

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Family Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GBGB9720376.4A Pending GB9720376D0 (en)	1997-09-26	1997-09-26	A semi-conductor laser diode bar assembly
GB9819708A Expired - Fee Related GB2329758B (en)	1997-09-26	1998-09-11	A semiconductor laser diode bar assembly

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GBGB9720376.4A Pending GB9720376D0 (en)	1997-09-26	1997-09-26	A semi-conductor laser diode bar assembly

Country Status (6)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1018196A1 (en)
JP (1)	JP2001518722A (en)
CA (1)	CA2304859A1 (en)
GB (2)	GB9720376D0 (en)
IL (1)	IL135213A0 (en)
WO (1)	WO1999017411A1 (en)

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DE10061265A1 (en)	2000-12-06	2002-06-27	Jenoptik Jena Gmbh	The diode laser assembly
JP2002280659A (en)	2001-03-16	2002-09-27	Furukawa Electric Co Ltd:The	Light source constituted of laser diode module

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WO1997018606A1 (en) *	1995-11-13	1997-05-22	Commissariat A L'energie Atomique	Cooled laser diode array assembly
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1997
- 1997-09-26 GB GBGB9720376.4A patent/GB9720376D0/en active Pending
1998
- 1998-09-11 GB GB9819708A patent/GB2329758B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1998-09-14 JP JP2000514365A patent/JP2001518722A/en active Pending
- 1998-09-14 WO PCT/GB1998/002782 patent/WO1999017411A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1998-09-14 EP EP98942918A patent/EP1018196A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1998-09-14 CA CA002304859A patent/CA2304859A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 1998-09-14 IL IL13521398A patent/IL135213A0/en unknown

Patent Citations (7)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US5031184A (en) *	1989-07-01	1991-07-09	Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung	Cooling arrangement for a semiconductor pump source
US5105429A (en) *	1990-07-06	1992-04-14	The United States Of America As Represented By The Department Of Energy	Modular package for cooling a laser diode array
US5107091A (en) *	1990-09-14	1992-04-21	Applied Solar Energy Corporation	Laser diode array mounting module
US5253260A (en) *	1991-12-20	1993-10-12	Hughes Aircraft Company	Apparatus and method for passive heat pipe cooling of solid state laser heads
US5309457A (en) *	1992-12-22	1994-05-03	Minch Richard B	Micro-heatpipe cooled laser diode array
US5764675A (en) *	1994-06-30	1998-06-09	Juhala; Roland E.	Diode laser array
WO1997018606A1 (en) *	1995-11-13	1997-05-22	Commissariat A L'energie Atomique	Cooled laser diode array assembly

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
CA2304859A1 (en)	1999-04-08
JP2001518722A (en)	2001-10-16
GB9720376D0 (en)	1997-11-26
GB2329758A8 (en)	1999-06-29
WO1999017411A1 (en)	1999-04-08
GB2329758A (en)	1999-03-31
EP1018196A1 (en)	2000-07-12
GB9819708D0 (en)	1998-11-04
IL135213A0 (en)	2001-05-20

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EP0891630A4 (en)	2001-09-05	Laser diode array packaging
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DE69842207D1 (en)	2011-05-12	Diode
GB2329758B (en)	1999-08-25	A semiconductor laser diode bar assembly
GB2306047B (en)	2000-07-05	A light-emitting diode
GB9720377D0 (en)	1997-11-26	A semi-conductor laser diode bar assembly
GB9714822D0 (en)	1997-09-17	High powered laser diode
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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2006-05-24	PCNP	Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee	Effective date: 20050911