LBAxxxC-806-01

The Bookham LBAxxxC-806-01 microchannel cooler based lateral laser diode bar array series has been designed to provide the high output power and high reliability required for side pumping of Nd:YAG solid-state lasers. The proprietary E2 front mirror passivation process, developed at our Zurich site, prevents Catastrophic Optical Damage (COD) to the laser diode facet even at extremely high output powers. The laser diode bars are mounted on an expansion matched CuW submount onto a water-cooled microchannel package providing very high reliability in CW and pulsed (1-Hz type) applications.