Dr. Edmund Wolak Profile

Dr. Edmund Wolak

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Publications (18)

Proceedings Article | 29 November 2012 Paper

Fiber coupled high-power multi-mode diode pump lasers

Tao Wang, Liguo Jiang, Qing He, Huixuan Hu, Nadhum Zayer, Rainer Baettig, Serge Cutillas, Dino Lenarduzzi, Ed Wolak, Bernd Valk

Proceedings Volume 8551, 85510R (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.981435

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Fiber couplers, Fiber coupled lasers, Diodes, Semiconductor lasers, Packaging, Reliability, Temperature metrology, Laser applications, Laser systems engineering

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Proceedings Article | 18 February 2010 Paper

Reliable operation of 8xx mini-bar-based hermetic modules

Xu Jin, Serge Cutillas, Daming Liu, Ed Wolak, Sang-Ki Park, Kelly Johnson, Terry Towe, Dino Lenarduzzi, Touyen Nguyen, Tom Truchan, Jeff Mott, James Harrison, Andrea Guarino, Jürgen Müller, Susanne Pawlik, Boris Sverdlov, Norbert Lichtenstein, Chris Button

Proceedings Volume 7583, 758306 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842838

KEYWORDS: Reliability, Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Semiconducting wafers, Fiber couplers, Fiber lasers, Heatsinks, Continuous wave operation, Fiber coupled lasers

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2009 Paper

Advances in fiber combined pump modules for fiber lasers

Trevor Crum, Oscar Romero, Hanxuan Li, Xu Jin, Terry Towe, Irving Chyr, Tom Truchan, Daming Liu, Serge Cutillas, Kelly Johnson, Sang-Ki Park, Ed Wolak, Robert Miller, Robert Bullock, Jeff Mott, Bernard Fidric, James Harrison

Proceedings Volume 7198, 71980V (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.809876

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber couplers, Reliability, Laser applications, High power lasers, Fiber coupled lasers, Diodes, Semiconducting wafers, Heatsinks

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2009 Paper

Continuous improvement of high-efficiency high-power 800-980nm diode lasers at Spectra-Physics

Hanxuan Li, Terry Towe, Irving Chyr, Xu Jin, Robert Miller, Oscar Romero, Daming Liu, Denny Brown, Tom Truchan, Touyen Nguyen, Trevor Crum, Ed Wolak, Robert Bullock, Jeff Mott, James Harrison

Proceedings Volume 7198, 719805 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.809694

KEYWORDS: Heatsinks, Semiconductor lasers, High power lasers, Fiber lasers, Temperature metrology, Laser applications, Continuous wave operation, Reliability, Semiconducting wafers

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2009 Paper

Power scaling of mini-bar-based high-power 780-980nm pump modules at Spectra-Physics

Daming Liu, Serge Cutillas, Xu Jin, Sang-Ki Park, Kelly Johnson, Hanxuan Li, Tom Truchan, Ed Wolak, Terry Towe, Irving Chyr, Robert Miller, Arne Meissner, Dino Lenarduzzi, Robert Bullock, Jeff Mott, James Harrison

Proceedings Volume 7198, 71981J (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.809862

KEYWORDS: Fiber couplers, Semiconductor lasers, Reliability, Laser applications, Fiber coupled lasers, Diodes, Fiber lasers, High power lasers, Semiconducting wafers, High power diode lasers

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Proceedings Article | 12 February 2009 Paper

Advances in high-power laser diode packaging

Ed Wolak, Cameron Mitchell, Trevor Crum, Oscar Romero, John Gloyd, Daming Liu, Serge Cutillas, Sang-Ki Park, Kelly Johnson, Xu Jin, Hanxuan Li, Terry Towe, Irving Chyr, Robert Miller, Arne Meissner, Dino Lenarduzzi, James Harrison

Proceedings Volume 7221, 72210U (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.810549

KEYWORDS: Fiber couplers, High power lasers, Diodes, Semiconductor lasers, Reliability, Packaging, Heatsinks, Fiber lasers, Fiber coupled lasers

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Proceedings Article | 20 March 2008 Paper

Reliability of ensembles multi-stripe laser diodes

Ed Wolak, Kiran Kuppuswamy, Bernard Fidric, Sang-Ki Park, Daming Liu, Serge Cutillas, Kelly Johnson, Hanxuan Li, Irving Chyr, Frank Reinhardt, Robert Miller, Xu Jin, Touyen Nguyen, Terry Towe, Peggi Cross, Tom Truchan, Robert Bullock, Jeff Mott, James Harrison

Proceedings Volume 6876, 68760N (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.764348

KEYWORDS: Reliability, Data modeling, Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Thermal modeling, Thermal effects, Heatsinks, Instrument modeling, Laser applications, Fiber lasers

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Proceedings Article | 13 February 2008 Paper

Composite-copper, low-thermal-resistance heat sinks for laser-diode bars, mini-bars and single-emitter devices

Robert Miller, Daming Liu, Michael Horsinka, Touyen Nguyen, Kiran Kuppuswamy, Terrance Towe, Hanxuan Li, Myra Berube, James Harrison, Edmund Wolak

Proceedings Volume 6876, 687607 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.764087

KEYWORDS: Heatsinks, Composites, Copper, Resistance, Thermal effects, Reliability, Continuous wave operation, Gallium arsenide, Semiconductor lasers

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Proceedings Article | 13 February 2008 Paper

High-efficiency, high-power diode laser chips, bars, and stacks

Hanxuan Li, Frank Reinhardt, Irving Chyr, Xu Jin, Kiran Kuppuswamy, Terry Towe, Denny Brown, Oscar Romero, Daming Liu, Robert Miller, Touyen Nguyen, Trevor Crum, Tom Truchan, Ed Wolak, Jeff Mott, James Harrison

Proceedings Volume 6876, 68760G (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.763945

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, High power lasers, Heatsinks, Continuous wave operation, Reliability, Laser applications, Copper, Laser systems engineering, Fiber lasers

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Proceedings Article | 7 January 2008 Paper

Next-generation high-power, high-efficiency diode lasers at Spectra-Physics

Hanxuan Li, Irving Chyr, Denny Brown, Frank Reinhardt, Oscar Romero, Chia-Hung Chen, Robert Miller, Kiran Kuppuswamy, Xu Jin, Touyen Ngugen, Terry Towe, Trevor Crum, Cameron Mitchell, Tom Truchan, Robert Bullock, Ed Wolak, Jeff Mott, James Harrison

Proceedings Volume 6824, 68240S (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.754803

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Heatsinks, High power lasers, Continuous wave operation, Laser applications, Copper, Quantum efficiency, Product engineering, Reliability

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2007 Paper

Next-generation active and passive heatsink design for diode lasers

Raman Srinivasan, Robert Miller, Kiran Kuppuswamy, Touyen Nguyen, Yongdan Hu, Hanxuan Li, Dennis Brown, Terry Towe, Bob Morris, Ed Wolak, Jim Harrison

Proceedings Volume 6456, 64561D (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.699416

KEYWORDS: Heatsinks, Resistance, Copper, Composites, Semiconductor lasers, Reliability, Gallium arsenide, Corrosion, Ceramics

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Proceedings Article | 8 October 2004 Paper

Reliability of high-power multi-mode pump modules

Silke Pflueger, Richard Duesterberg, Victor Rossin, Toby Strite, Kuochou Tai, Edmund Wolak, Andre Wong, Lei Xu, Erik Zucker

Proceedings Volume 5662, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.596363

KEYWORDS: Reliability, Diodes, Semiconductor lasers, Diode pumped solid state lasers, Fiber coupled lasers, Fiber lasers, Fiber couplers, High power fiber lasers, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 2004 Paper

Reliability of high-power multimode pump modules

Ed Wolak, Kuochou Tai, Jay Skidmore, Andre Wong, Lei Xu, Dick Duesterburg, Mark DeFranza, Prasad Yalamanchili, Victor Rossin, Sidney Li, Brian Engstrom, Erik Zucker, Rob Waarts, Don Hargreaves

Proceedings Volume 5336, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.529631

KEYWORDS: Reliability, Diodes, Resistance, Semiconductor lasers, Continuous wave operation, Fiber lasers, Temperature metrology, Optical components, Optical alignment, Lithium

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Proceedings Article | 29 March 2000 Paper

Low-cost environmentally proven high-brightness fiber-coupled laser diode

Jose Chan, Erik Zucker, TehHua Ju, Jules Osinski, Matthew Peters, Edmund Wolak

Proceedings Volume 3945, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.380542

KEYWORDS: Diodes, Reliability, Fiber coupled lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Printing, Fiber lasers, Humidity, Laser development, Packaging

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Proceedings Article | 29 March 2000 Paper

High-power high-reliability cw and qcw operation of single AlGaAs laser diode array design

Bo Lu, Erik Zucker, Edmund Wolak, Rainer Dohle, Daniel Zou, Steve Brickness

Proceedings Volume 3945, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.380546

KEYWORDS: Continuous wave operation, Semiconductor lasers, Reliability, Laser development, High power lasers, Heatsinks, Quantum wells, Lutetium, Solid state lasers

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Proceedings Article | 28 April 1995 Paper

Advances in high average power long life laser diode pump array architectures

James Haden, John Endriz, Masamichi Sakamoto, David Dawson-Elli, Gerald Browder, Kenneth Anderson, David Mundinger, D. Philip Worland, Edmund Wolak, Donald Scifres

Proceedings Volume 2382, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208433

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Heatsinks, Continuous wave operation, Diodes, Packaging, Fiber couplers, Solid state lasers, Diode pumped solid state lasers, Laser development

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 1994 Paper

Efficient, lightweight, broadbeam laser transmitter for space communications

Raymond Liccini, Douglas Tomren, John Endriz, Edmund Wolak

Proceedings Volume 2123, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.184653

KEYWORDS: Diodes, Transmitters, Semiconductor lasers, Space operations, Mirrors, Beryllium, Modulation, Laser development, Laser applications, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 1994 Paper

Ultrahigh-average-brightness semiconductor laser arrays

Edmund Wolak, David Mundinger, D. Philip Worland, Gary Harnagel, Masamichi Sakamoto, Randall Geels, John Endriz

Proceedings Volume 2148, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176617

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Collimation, Continuous wave operation, Laser applications, Waveguides, Fiber couplers, Laser sources, Medium wave, Light

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