Abstract
A 1-D linear array of 23 high-power broad-area laser diode (BALD) beams in the blue spectral region (447 nm) is combined employing a V-shape external Talbot cavity in Littrow configuration. A surface grating provides optical feedback via self-imaged diffractive coupling to the diode bar and induces all the emitters to lase at a common central wavelength. The external cavity reduces the spectral linewidth of the free-running laser diode bar from several nm to 20–50 pm (FWHM) with the power level of 11.8 W. The narrow spectrum of the external cavity stabilized laser can be tuned in the range of 3–4 nm by adjusting the tilt angle of the grating while the laser diode bar is operated in constant current mode at a temperature of 20°C.
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