M. Winterfeldt, P. Crump, S. Knigge, A. Maaßdorf, G. Erbert, G. Trankle
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Abstract
High power diode lasers with low modal gain (~4 cm-1), predicted to operate with very low filamentation, are shown to operate with near-field modulation depth half that of reference devices (~12 cm-1). However, beam quality is unaffected.