Thermomechanical model for the plastic deformation in high power laser diodes during operation
- 1 October 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 106 (7)
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3236507
Abstract
A thermomechanical model for the mechanism of rapid degradation of AlGaAs based high power laser bars (808 nm) is presented. Thermal stresses induced in the device by local heating around a facet defect by nonradiative recombination and self-absorption of photons are calculated, as well as the conditions for the beginning of plastic deformation, when these thermal stresses overcome the yield strength. The values of the power density and of the local temperature at which the yield limit is surmounted are in agreement with the threshold values for the degradation of Al based lasers given in the literature. The present model can also elucidate the role played by the packaging stress, being able to explain how this stress reduces the optical power density threshold for failure of these lasers. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3236507]Keywords
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