Laser Bars
SAXONBURG, Pa., Oct. 18, 2017 — Actively cooled laser bars, emitting 200-W continuous wave power with >60 percent efficiency, have been announced by II-VI Inc., enabling multi-kW vertical stacks to optically pump neodymium-doped solid-state lasers, including in below-freezing environments.
The bars enable designs employed in new directed energy weapon systems to achieve optimum size, weight and energy efficiency. The use of an ethylene-glycol coolant makes the II-VI laser bars commercially unique in their ability to...
Coherent Corp.