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Other solution to improve the brightness at 980 nm developed in<br />

Thales Research <strong>and</strong> Technology (4) : the tapered laser diode<br />

Between power (broad-area laser) <strong>and</strong> spatial beam quality (ridge laser)<br />

Straight section (ridge)<br />

<strong>High</strong> reflection<br />

(HR)<br />

Tapered section<br />

θ<br />

Anti-reflection<br />

coatings (AR) =<br />

3%<br />

output<br />

Ridge<br />

L1<br />

Tapered sec. L2<br />

2-3 mm

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