RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 About the impact of the materials properties in the catastrophic degradation of high power GaAs based laser A1 Souto Bartolomé, Jorge Manuel A1 Pura Ruiz, José Luis A1 Torres, Alfredo A1 Jiménez López, Juan Ignacio K1 High Power laser diodes, catastrophic degradation, cathodoluminescence (CL), thermal stress, thermal conductivity AB The catastrophic degradation of high power lasers depends on both external factors, associated with the technological processes followed to fabricate the laser, and also on intrinsic aspects related to the materials forming the laser structure, more specifically the active zone composed by the QW, guide layers and claddings.The materials properties: optical, thermal and mechanical, play a paramount role in the degradation of the laser. We analyse here how these properties have an impact on the mechanisms responsible for the catastrophic degradation. PB Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) SN 0277786X YR 2017 FD 2017 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/25373 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/25373 LA eng NO Proceedings of SPIE, 2017, Vol. 10086: High-Power Diode Laser Technology XV NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 16-abr-2024