16 W continuous-wave output power from 100 [micro sign]m-aperture laser with quantum well asymmetric heterostructure

Abstract
16 W continuous-wave room temperature front facet output optical power and 74% wallplug efficiency were attained in 100 µm-aperture 1.06 µm-emitting laser diodes with 2–3 mm cavity length. The lasers are based on AlGaAs/GaAs/InGaAs quantum well asymmetric heterostructures with 1.7 µm-thick waveguide having 0.34 cm−1 internal optical loss.