[dorkbotdc-blabber] High-Powered Diode Lasers — free webcast on 2/18/09 1pm EST

[Alberto Gaitán]

via Josh Duberman:

http://www.laserfocusworld.com/resourcecenter/webcasts/webcastDetails.html?id=885


Overview:
High-power diode lasers have become essential building blocks of 
photonics systems because they can efficiently convert electrical energy 
into light. In this webcast, the fifth of the Fundamentals of Photonics 
Series, Laser Focus World contributing editor and author Jeff Hecht 
reviews the basics of diode lasers, and how they are scaled to deliver 
high power with high efficiency. He reviews the power levels available, 
the configurations used to achieve these powers, and how the use of 
high-power diodes in laser pumping and other applications are changing 
the rules of laser and system design.