TY - GEN AU - Souto Bartolomé, Jorge Manuel AU - Rodríguez, M. AU - Anaya, Julián AU - Torres, Alfredo AU - Jiménez López, Juan Ignacio PY - 2014 UR - http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/21785 AB - Degradation of laser diodes during operation constitutes a serious drawback for both laser manufacturers and end users. The catastrophic optical damage (COD) of laser diodes consists of the sudden drop off of the optical power. COD involves a... LA - eng KW - Laser diodes TI - About the critical temperature for catastrophic optical damage in high power laser diodes ER -